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John Murray Anderson's Ziegfeld Follies is fast and funny. It remembers Ziegfeld only in title and opulent manner. It has magnificent sets: Fifth Avenue from a bustop, a store window, a huge smear of prairie with phantom cowboys and dogies.* It has Fanny Brice and little, shrugging Willie Howard with his brother Eugene, comedians of, by and for Broadway. It has beauteous Jane Froman and commanding Everett Marshall to sing. It has a pair of Astaire-like dancers in Vilma and Buddy Ebsen. It has an incredible acrobatic child named June Preisser. It has good songs: "Suddenly," "Moon...
...Dramatic Club also announces two additions to the cast. Robert L. McKee '37, will take the part of "Nicholas Brice," and Jean Bachrach of Radcliffe will take the part of "Birdie Cummins...
...Boston audiences stand out for their receptiveness," said Fanny Brice in an interview with the CRIMSON yesterday, "and the city surpasses others because its atmosphere and accommodations are well-suited to the needs and desires of those who follow the stage for their profession." Miss Brice, who is at present playing in the Ziegfeld Follies in Boston, is one of the foremost comediennes in this country and is well known for her amusing dances and burlesques...
Aside from her interest in the stage, which is her life's work, Miss Brice confessed a weakness for wandering through antique stores and in her spare time she loves to go fishing. Her favorite actors, both on the stage and screen, are Paul Muni and Helen Hayes, and although she hasn't much to do with pictures she has lots of friends in Hollywood...
...tried to invade her dressing room. After her maid positively assured them that Miss Miller had no extra underthings in her room, a stocking and a step-in were sent out, autographed "With love & kisses from Marilyn." Second prize was split between the couples who brought back Fanny Brice's brassiére and Pola Negri's stepin. Other actresses who yielded underclothes: Hope Williams, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Jean Arthur...