Word: comedian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sitting before the mirror in his dressing room, engaged in the task of remodelling his face for the foot-lights, Leon Errol, famed master-comedian, last night expressed his views on various phases of the theatre in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter...
...what they must do to become successful actors. They believe invariably that acting is something to be learned, that experience and study will make them good actors, just as experience and study make a man successful in the business world. They don't realize that an actor or comedian, like a poet, is born and not made. Of course, experience and hard work help develop whatever dramatic ability a man may have, but they cannot make an actor out of a man if he is not an actor to begin with...
...football. No, I have noticed few college men do anything sensational in dramatics. Schools of dramatic art an universities are fine for the student's amusement, but I'm convinced that they cannot manufacture actors. Nothing can give a man what he must have to be a good comedian, for example. A comedian to be successful must be intensely sincere. He is not an actor, he is a comedian. He must have comedy and laughter in his heart, and," he added wistfully, "sometimes a little tragedy...
...Comedian a Psychologist...
There is a certain charm about the curious costumes our grandmothers wore. They are also slightly ludicrous. Therefore the costumes in this entertainment fill a double role and help a lot. They are pleasant to look at and easy for the comedian to jest about. Beyond these costumes the piece is a trifle routine. The music, the jokes and the romance seem to reminisce too much...