Evening star., 1951-02-04
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Star of Death of q Salesman Covers
Lots of Ground in Cab Session
By Joy Carmody

Considering death Of salesman
physical condition.
touch of laryngtis than annoyance
actor learns to endure through the years.
Mentally we'll that another department Mr.
Mitchell of two minds about it. Being Irish by both blood
Mr. Mitchell looks twomndedness
mum subject He likes playing Willy Loman in Death of
Salesman He Willy of 2oth century Hamlet
proud bewldeed ultimately defeated little who represents
one o. the richestroles ever given to an actor.
That's one of Mchells minds on the subject
Perhops Light Comedy Would Be Next
Willy that makes
think what wonderful thing would be to do TOO
performances IN joyous light comedy role For little man. Willy
adds mountain viewpoint emotion
auy vocally and in every other respect.
thinks glad do Just that.
You see he in all the I've been in the theater
movies average three pictures
killed naturally dead
end But know how movies dead actor just gets and
away probably picture Dying eight
times week the Willy does it. that's quite different"
Mitchell veteran and successful playwright himself (al-
for his author of Death of Salesman 1t not just the
play whose qualities recognized
another quality that he likes to dwell admirngly.
Miller Gronts Audiences Intelligence
"Artie Mle) intelligent enough he says "to
intelligent audiences and Ella Kazan who did the de
extraordinary Look the set is wovel house buried
of apartments But becomes everything Move Of
crude tables and it is New York
gye the lets saa;n and IN come of hrs s f
the transfer of this variety from the
nation of the author to the magnaons of those the audience
Realism in that old fashioned literal of the theater.
faugh Mitchell with what could be eprechaun light
in his eyes.
submerged often in the
thinks he has learned playwrng paygoers
during his two in Death of Salesman He will give
of the ideas try when he
ery Hills Calf and sits down to his typewriter this
he thinks older writers learn tricks easily
older
His Tok Is Pocked With Authors
Mitchell who knows sprnkea
the naes of more writers than 20 other actors few of
those who Thornton Wilder
Sinclair Lewis Thomas Wolfe Ben Johnson Eupes s. Eliot
Henrik Ibsen and Shaw.
OF the passionate refomer, Iben, thinks will be
odd ronic that Norwegian
membred only for Peer Gynt the bsen play that did bother
with contemporary social message.
Mitchell likes jests with this satical twist they
his think first of their
"b movies especially when So Mitchell
Is more likely to talk about his Sagecoach"
an Academy Award Gone With the Wind
Long Voyage Home" Angel
Destiny other his most vivid-and btter-memoy
"The Outlaw"
Mitchell has hoped during its
ban. that no one else would.
He Even Put 1t in His Prayers
used pray everybody and keep "The Outlaw"
from being shown" he says
Why Mitchell bitter about this particular
He has quick and simple for that:
made by motion picture directors this unfortunately
reced by aplane manufacturer by
do not think actors should tell Hughes apanes
and think firmly that Hughes actors
or any else, how to make motion pictures"
Whenever Mitchell in territory-the
by Willy Loman in Saesmanhe tries to visit to his old
!rleno Eugene ONel Two better informed intelligent
intense of the theater would
always discuss their favorite subject.
Last time him." Mitchell says myself telling
him the story OF chicken farm specifically story
OF rooster in the flock There
foW IN the world than this somehow
sent market and the fate deserved 1t
i don't know why told it to ONei but
DO but tell story of rooster he owned
Shop or life Mitchell likes to talk either.