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...reporter on the Aquitania rushed up a fortnight ago to Michael Arlen, Armenian-English author arrived in Manhattan to watch rehearsals of his The Green Flat and, ripping open his coat, peered curiously at the young man's vest. Mr. Arlen was annoyed. I explained to him that we had looked for checked vests and pink shirts and, instead, found a neatly tailored quiet suit of blue. We had thought, perhaps, to encounter a haughty stare, and found, instead, a pleasant and somewhat puzzled grin. "I can wear pink shirts if I must!" said Mr. Arlen...
...Arlen is not dark, as one imagines from his pictures. His hair is somewhere between a chestnut and an auburn, his; skin is light and he wears a sandy moustache. In figure he is short, broad-shouldered, with hands that are large and sturdy, like those of a boxer. He has, in fact, boxed considerably as one of his pastimes. In appearance, I should say that he was not impressive; but I noticed that those feminine admirers who seemed disappointed at first glance succumbed to his conversation and dancing. Arlen, when not too tired by the vast entertainment which...
...course, Mr. Arlen is much interested in the progress of his play. When I first met him on the dock, he handed over a small alligator suitcase. "There's May Fair," he said, "and the new fourth act of The Green Hat. Don't lose it on your life!" May Fair, his next book, is a continuation of These Charming People; but Arlen has not been contented merely to collect his magazine material. He went to the Riviera recently, shut himself up in a hotel room, and rewrote the sketches completely for the book. May Fair will be published this...
...Dark Angel. Michael Aden's first play sustains that singular Armenian's record for tart diversion. For The Dark Angel was obviously written by Michael Arlen, despite the credit of the playbill to H. B. Trevelyan. The technic may be Guy Bolton's (who wove the structure, we are told) but lines such as "She always liked small hats," no one would write but Author Arlen...
...following recent publications will also be reviewed: "Helen and Others", by Marina Wister; "Some Do Not ..., by Ford Madox Ford; "The Best Plays of 1923-24", selected by Burns Mantle; "The Hidden Player", by Alfred Noyes; "In the Land of Youth", by James Stephens; "The Green Hat", by Michael Arlen; and "Sails of Sunsel", by Cecil Roberts, which A. D. Welton '23, Graduate Secretary of the Union, will review...