Word: belasco
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York run, the tragic finish of "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" has, in the twinkling of an eye, been changed to a happy one and the change can scarcely be called an improvement. Otherwise the play is as it was before, of the theatre, theatrical, but vastly effective, this Belasco version of the Grimaldi legend with Lionel Barrymore as the sorrowful clown...
...settings and atmosphere of the piece are distinctly Belasco, showing his infinite care for detail. But the lasting memory of the play must be of Barrymore alone, the light and shade, the splendid power of him in the second act. "Laugh, Punchinello, laugh at the pain that is breaking your heart...
...David Belasco, wizard of the realistic stage, is about to sell his collections- artistic and otherwise. There is a work table of rosewood, gift to his mother from Edwin Booth; there is a cloak worn by Booth as Don Cesar de Bazan; a French harp once belonging to the Empress EugÉnie; Staffordshire ware, vessels, plates, figurines; European and Chinese porcelains; Chinese porcelain birds; Capo di Monte figurines; English, U. S., Bohemian glass; wood carvings; furniture from France, England, Italy; early textiles, brocades, needlework panels, cushions, banners; Chinese, Persian, Caucasian, Turkish rugs; arms and armor of all periods...
...patrons which makes possible this courtesy carries a roster of names, great in almost every field of endeavor - Art, Finance, Law, Education, Politics. Otto H. Kahn is Honorary President. James K. Hackett is Honorary Executive Secretary. Others include W. Vincent Astor, George F. Baker Jr., James M. Beck, David Belasco, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Paul D. Cravath, John W. Davis, Robert W. De Forest, John Emerson (President of the Actors' Equity Association), Charles Dana Gibson, Robert Underwood Johnson, Thomas W. Lament, Clarence H. Mackay, Frederick William MacMonnies, Frank L. Polk, E. T. Stotesbury, Augustus Thomas, Harry Payne Whitney, George...
Ernst Vajda will arive to see four of his plays presented, counting Fata Morgana which the Theatre Guild now has at the Garrick. Ina Claire and Bruce McRae are rehearsing Grounds for Divorce; Belasco has Harem, described as a recklessly risqué farce: and Gilbert Miller a piece termed at present The High...