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...although it may have been no more than a coincidence"-that shipments of thorium to the U.S. from the state of Travancore, in southern India, had been stopped. Travancore, one of India's least backward states, used to supply three-fourths of the world's thorium (for gaslight mantles, radio tubes, carbon terminals, luminous watch dials...
Despite a poor choice in Barrie's gaslight comedy, the production was good. Encased in an excellent set by Paul Morrison, Philip Bourneuf, Ernest Truex, Richard Waring, and Eva Le Gallienne went through the vintage-piece with professional mien. Truex, as Alick Wylie, the old Scotchman, is a funny little man in any accent. Eva Le Gallienne, contrasting the prevailing brogue with a gaudy, if inaccurate, French accent, had most of the good lines and used them all for at least five rounds of applause. June Duprez, as the "woman who always knows" is not as plain a wench...
...presence of some well-known personalities in its recent bill-of-fare. Its latest offering, fully in keeping with that policy, is Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street," the semi-psychological thriller which enjoyed a successful tour some four years ago and subsequently emerged as a Hollywood epic ("Gaslight") in 1944. If Francis Lederer's performance in the "name" role falls short of the standard set by Vincent Price in the original production, there is a compensating performance by a lesser-known member of the cast to preserve something of the essence of Hamilton's work...
Commercial uses are limited and prosaic-Welsbach gaslight mantles, carbon terminals for projectors, luminous watch dials. Since commercial production has never been reported in Canada, two possibilities are suggested: 1) the materials for Chalk River will be imported; or 2) under the wartime security blackout, a workable deposit of thorium has been discovered in Canada...
When all this was done, old Henry Lyt ton, who was once a baritone on a Mid west gaslight circuit, felt he ought to sing a little. His voice was still clear, although it shook a bit. As his secretary helped him on with his coat, he recalled the words to a song he had sung 65 years ago with a road company in Grand Rapids: "Wake, lady, wake! The hour of love draws near. . . . Wake, lady, wake...