Word: arliss
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Willur--"Old English", with George Arliss...
Died. Ada Lewis, 52, famed comedienne, creator of "tough girl" roles, actress in 40 production* during a career of 38 years in which she appeared with numberless celebrities, including Edwin Booth, Maude Adams, Lew Fields, George Arliss, etc., etc., etc., etc.; at her home in Hollis, L. I., of complications following a nervous breakdown seven months ago, while under contract to appear in Sunny, which opened (see Page 00) in Manhattan last week...
They Knew What They Wanted-Under the Elms, where, in the four rooms of the famous sectional house, 1) The Show-Off makes love to Aloma (of the South Seas) ; 2) Helen Hayes-Cleopatra encourages the advances of George Arliss-Old English; 3) Robert Armstrong-Pugilist grows passionate with Lenore Ulric-Carla; and 4) Pauline Lord-Amy falls for Holbrook Blinn-Don José, until Joseph Schildkraut-Cellini enters and kisses each lady into a swoon...
...considered the progenitor of the Renaissance in modern drama, no play of his can be passed lightly by. Rosmersholm has sometimes been thought his greatest. Almost everyone had given it attention on the printed page, but very few had ever seen it acted. Mrs. Fiske, John Mason and George Arliss did it once long...
Failing to obtain George Arliss or Godfrey Tearle for Caesar, the Guild chose Lionel Atwill. His magnificent presence enhanced the role's potentialities; his heavy humor and his cloudy diction deadened them. Helen Hayes, though very lovely and expert, was occasionally caught in her inexhaustible supply of cuteness. Helen Westley, veteran of many a Guild production, seemed to lack entirely the sinister severity of Ftatateeta. The best performance was contributed by Henry Travers as Britannus. The production was magnificent and the new theatre certainly the finest, the most comfortable and the most beautiful in Manhattan...