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...Camera. Julie (Member of the Wedding) Harris as a bad little good girl in John van Druten's pastiche of Christopher Isherwood's tales of Berlin in 1930 (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway | 12/24/1951 | See Source »

...Camera (by John van Druten) is an interesting stage piece though an unsatisfactory play. A pastiche of Christopher Isherwood's tales of Berlin in 1930-a decadent city already loud with Naziism-the play uses young Chris himself as a camera eye. But what counts most are the very candid camera shots of an English girl named Sally Bowles-a bad little good girl, strenuously bohemian, ostentatiously wanton, spotted with living without really having been touched by life. Julie (Member of the Wedding) Harris plays Sally brilliantly, with amazing verve, and with a naughty-child air saves her from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Play In Manhattan, Dec. 10, 1951 | 12/10/1951 | See Source »

...Falmouth Playhouse at Falmouth on the south shore near Buzzard's Bay also has a noteworthy program. Jackie Cooper plays through the weekend in the 1947 comedy hit, "John Loves Mary." Beginning July 16th Veronica Lake stars in John van Druten's "Voice of the Turtle"; on July 30th Constance Bennett begins in "The Skylark"; on August 6th Arthur Teacher appears in "Clutterbuck"; and if you're thinking of a week on the Cape after summer school is over, you can see Carol Bruce in Rodgers and Hart's "Pal Joey" which begins on August 27th...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cape Summer Theatricals Offer Wide Assortment of Playgoing | 7/12/1951 | See Source »

There are a number of men in the playwriting business who are professionals in the fullest sense of the word. Like a carpenter who sets out to build a house, these writers, men like F. Hugh Herbert, John Van Druten, and Benn Levy, know that is required to make a play a commercial success and occasionally proceed to write such works. John Cecil Holm is such a workman and the "Gramercy Ghost" is his latest project. Complete with an excellent cast and slick direction this play proves a delightful evening at the theatre...

Author: By Herbert S. Meyers, | Title: The Playgoer | 4/12/1951 | See Source »

...King and I would do better with a less solemn ending. Otherwise, under John van Druten's deft staging, it is all scent and glitter, ritualized movement and high barbaric style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Musical in Manhattan, Apr. 9, 1951 | 4/9/1951 | See Source »

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