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...Colonial Theatre advertises that it is now presenting George M. Cohan in a play of his own composition, "The Return of the Vagabond." But the Colonial is guilty of a slight exaggeration: it very definitely has Mr. Cohan, but it has no play. Here is naught but Broadway's most famous hoofer himself--no misfortune, however, for those of us who are devotees of the worthy gentleman. In much the same way, there is a full cast, but there is really only one character...
...Shambles), usually private affairs at the club. These start off as a full-length show, end up as anything. Many a Broadway hit grew out of the Gambols: Experience and The Squaw Man were first tried out there as one-acters, and it was there that George M. Cohan first sang Over There...
...Mary Cohan, estranged daughter of Actor George M. Cohan, whose elopement with George Ronkin, accordion player at the Manhattan nightclub where she sings, was foiled by Pennsylvania's three-day marriage law (TIME, March 11), tried again and was married at Doylestown, Pa. Said she: "I'm sending my father a-telegram. I wouldn't try to phone him. A wire's much better." On the 50th anniversary of its first production, Cavalleria Rusticana was produced at the Royal Opera House in Rome. Its composer, Pietro Mascagni, aged 76, not only heard it but wielded...
...Mary Cohan, estranged daughter of Actor George M. Cohan, whose elopement with George Ronkin, accordion player at the Manhattan nightclub where she sings, was foiled by Pennsylvania's three-day marriage law (TIME, March 11), tried again and was married at Doylestown, Pa. Said she: "I'm sending my father a-telegram. I wouldn't try to phone him. A wire's much better...
Marriage Attempted. Mary Cohan, estranged daughter of Actor George Michael Cohan (who never forgave her for eloping with a banjo player in 1927); and one George Ranken, an accordion player. Balked by Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia laws that called for several days' wait. Elopers Cohan & Ranken returned to their Manhattan nightclub jobs. Said she: "Now I don't know if we'll get married...