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...Song and Dance Man. George M. Cohan sits on the box and drives a triple tandem. He is author, producer and star...
AUTHOR. Mr. Cohan has selected a theme which he knows most minutely. He has written of the life, the longing, the success, the disappointment of the Theatre. He has selected a character which he himself played in real life-the song and dance man of the vaudeville circuits. He has posited as his thematic philosophy the principle that people of the Theatre can never shift allegiance to love or to the world of business. After years of waiting, his song and dance man hears the knock of opportunity on the door that leads to Broadway success. Failing miserably...
PRODUCER. Mr. Cohan's genius glows least brilliantly in his production. His settings are only moderately effective; his cast, uneven; his direction, occasionally rheumatic...
ACTOR. There have been those who questioned his competence as an actor. Even the most meticulous of these bounded onto the band wagon after the opening performance. Mr. Cohan gives as shrewd, as amusing, as sentient a performance as any yet revealed this season...
...York Times: ". . . though the piece is designed for millions upon millions (Mr. Cohan is far too wise to write as well as he knows how), there are moments in it that are A-1 Cohan...