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Tremont--"Naughty Cinderella" with Irene Bordoni, on March...
Naughty Cinderella. Irene Bordoni, some obscure French dramatists and Avery Hopwood have once more combined to spread abroad the glibly amusing message of an inconsequential farce. This French actress, one of the few by the way that have appealed to U. S. taste over several seasons, plays a secretary who pretends she is a cocotte. Against a Venetian background and the musical upholstery of incidental songs, the comedy will serve even better than Miss Bordoni's recent and not dissimilar entertainments...
With the exception of Orlando Daly, her comrade players are little known. Their talents far exceed their reputations. Of Miss Bordoni one can report only what has been reported many times. Her voice, her accent and particularly her reeling eyes are, as ever, unmistakably attractive...
...have also played before students at Harvard but, they were so noisy," said Irene Bordoni in a recent interview with a Yale News reporter in which she compared Harvard audiences unfavorably with Yale audiences...
...College men are so easy to play to," said Miss Bordoni, "because they are young and enthusiastic, but when they become too noisy you are apt to forget your lines." She was particularly pleased with the Yale laughter, declaring that the students had "laughed wonderfully...