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What Was the Name? Leonard Lyons spent a nostalgic week among his souvenirs. Samples: Elisabeth Bergner had once read Lennie's horoscope; Iturbi had paid Lennie a backhanded compliment; Randy Churchill had paid him a small bet. People were always confusing Lennie Lyons with Eugene (Assignment in Utopia) Lyons, but that was no worry any longer because only one of them was still a celebrity. And once a mutual friend was telling a Zurich innkeeper about Lennie. The innkeeper had never heard of "one of America's most important journalists?" Point of the anecdote: the fellow was obviously...
...Carrolls (Warner) is a melodrama about a daft painter who subtly murders one wife after another. It was a Broadway hit chiefly because it provided a superb five-finger exercise for one of the trickiest actresses in the trade-Elisabeth Bergner. With the less versatile Barbara Stanwyck in the Bergner role, the story is merely thin and shabby...
...Bergner to Witness Casting...
Meanwhile, Elizabeth Bergner, who portrayed Joan in the original German production, told Kilty at the Boston theatre where she is currently appearing that she would attend casting tryouts at a time to be specified later...
Kilty, who will direct the Workshop offering, will seek Miss Bergner's advice particularly on the casting of the lead role. He announced yesterday that tryouts for the 20-odd male roles will begin today in Sanders Theatre from 1 to 5 o'clock, continuing tomorrow at the same hours...