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...Actors' Equity Association and the Producing Managers' Association, concerning terms for a new contractual agreement, The central point at issue, which was the cause of the actors' strike in 1919, is the continuance of the closed shop. Some of the managers, led by George M. Cohan, are again threatening to retire from the stage if the closed shop policy of the Equity is not modified...
...Bullard '24, who are assisted by six chorus men, at a benefit performance at the Casino Theatre, New York City, on Sunday evening on the way to Baltimore. On the same bill will be such prominent musical comedy stars as Frank Tinney, Will Rogers, George M. Cohan, Larry Dressler, and Jane Cowl. The program of the evening will consist of a number of specialties and vaudeville acts. The proceeds of the performance will be given to the Boy Scouts of America who are now campaigning for funds...
...Samuel Lee, and Mr. L. O. Schwab '14 began intensive work yesterday towards the production of the Hasty Pudding Show. "Take a Brace", which they are to direct. Mr. Silvers has been Al Jolson's musical director for several years. He has also done work for George M. Cohan and D. W. Griffith. Among the well-known song-hits that he has written are "April Showers" and "Just Snap Your Fingers at Care". Mr. Lee is a well-known producer on Broadway. His latest work has been with the "Gingham Girl", a success in New York during the past winter...
...Miracle Man" is seen the hand of the playmaker who knows how to get his laughs and how to amuse his audience. The crooks and the villagers all contribute to the fund of humor. But in the scenes of emotional stress where the characters should feel and live intensively, Cohan fails to make them real...
...make the audience believe in his power. He is merely a nice old man with ideas. And the criminals in their turn, as they one by one fall under the healer's magic spell, never seem to do more than move the plot toward the inevitable happy ending. George Cohan has written too many musical comedies to write a convincing play...