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...action lolls a bit at first but is sped up handsomely before the finish by a shooting and a whacking good imitation of a prizefight. The play is the work of Edward E. Paramore, Hyaat Daab, and George Abbott, an able and versatile trio. At the first night Tex Rickard was found babbling enthusiastically in the lobby which produced a rumor to the effect that he was backing the show.* Right beside Ringside will open The Big Fight, starring Tex Rickard's onetime breadwinner, Jack Dempsey, et ux.; thus providing theatre-goers with an example of dramatic coincidence...
...production, The Romantic Age by A. A. Milne, a flop. He heard someone comment on the name above "Presents" on the program, and changed it to Jed Harris. Next he wheedled enough more backing to put on Weak Sisters, which showed a small profit. After that he met George Abbott, co-author of Love 'Em and Leave 'Em, which he produced. Love 'Em and Leave 'Em was a smash...
...mark of favor" precedent was set in 1817 when George III created retiring Speaker Charles Abbott a baron; but the mark was not subsidized at viscountcy until...
...Abbott Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard University D. Humanities
...clock--Exercises in Sanders Theatre; Oration, Barrett Williams '28; Poem, C. C. Abbott '28; Ode, J. C. Dreier...