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...TIME, Aug. 23, your review of Edna Ferber's Show Boat...
...recently this same French Lick Springs and the neighboring town of West Baden were mentioned in Edna Ferber's new novel-Show Boat. A famed gambling house in the vicinity was likewise mentioned-was referred to as "Tom Taggart's place." It had been often similarly spoken of before and the whole question taken up before the courts which had completely acquitted Mr. Taggart. People marvelled at Miss Ferber's statement that she "desired above all to avoid further publicity," for the affair looked like a shrewd stunt to make Show Boat re-Ferberate through the land...
...Doubleday, Page & Co. are the publishers, but are not responsible in case of suit over any fiction because of a flat guarantee required of authors that their work contains nothing libelous or so indecent as to outrage public morals. Author Ferber was sued some years ago by her onetime landlady in Chicago, who claimed damages for her portrayal as a drab character...
...What was the game of Edna Ferber's 'Gaylord Ravenal...
...departs that Nola, tall, erect, indomitable on the bridge of the show boat Cotton Blossom, looks "like the River." The Significance. After hearing about show boats from Mr. Winthrop Ames, and rushing into the Midlands to amass properties and backdrops for a panoramic old-American production, Miss Ferber appears to have been so overcome by her discoveries that she felt justified in asking the audience to absorb and admire the stage-setting for 153 pages, before putting her characters in motion. Similarly, the reconstruction of Chicago is rich, racy but redundant. Splendid characters and material are worn down by overuse...