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...Boston, he became an attache in the Theatre. He has risen through a series of phenomenal coups to the position of dictator of theatrical spectacle in America. After a number of staggeringly magnificent musical extravaganzas (Aphrodite, Chu Chin Chow, etc.) he introduced the Chauve Souris, the Moscow Art Company, Duse, The Miracle. He has the combined temperaments of the no-limit poker player and P. T. Barnum, plus dominating artistic instinct. He has become thereby a unique figure in a world where eccentricity is the primary requirement...
...Eleanora Duse, famed tragedienne: "A New Orleans reporter asked me whether there was at present any bitterness in my life. In answering, I broke a silence which has lasted ever since the termination of my romance of 25 years ago. Said I: 'Gabriele d'Annunzio and I are still affinities of the spirit.' Later I scored modern women for mistaking sensuality for love...
Despite the autocracy of Art, it is found that Eleanora Duse, "greatest living actress," does not disdain American dollars. Mme. Duse received from Morris Gest $2,000 per performance for her tour under his management. When the Italian tragedienne discovered that the astute impresario was gleaning receipts substantially in excess of her own portion for the earlier performances, she made objection. It was pointed out to her that a contract was a contract...
...tour drew near; the supply of native citizenry eager to pay immoderate sums to see her was undiminished. Meanwhile Morris Gest had become involved in the colossal complications incident to the preparation of his half million dollar Miracle. Their mutual negotiations proving fruitless, Mme. Duse signed for an extended tour with the Selwyns and Fortune Gallo, opera impresario. She will travel under their management over a southern route to the coast. She receives $3,000 a performance for herself and her cast...
...written completely in an unknown tongue tends somewhat to lack interest. The average American will go docilely to listen to a play in Russian or Italian or French, though the nicer turns of phrase leave him relatively cold. There are always redeeming features. There are the coiling hands of Duse. There is the highly cultivated naturalness of the Moscow players. There are the snakes and daggers and dark shadows of the Grand Guignol...