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Eleanora Duse, " Bernhardt of Italy ": " As I sailed from France to fulfill a contract with Producer Morris Gest in New York, I explained my trip as a pecuniary necessity. Said I: ' I am literally trembling at the thought of the publicity I am bound to receive on my arrival. All my life I have perhaps been the only actress with a genuine horror of seeing my name in print. I have suffered so much...
...Reinhardt has arrived in America to discuss with Morris Gest and Otto H. Kahn the production of The Miracle in Madison Square Garden next fall. He will remain in New York two weeks perfecting plans for this mammoth production, which has a cast of 2,000 persons, and then re-turn to Germany for the summer to assemble his staff of artists for the six productions he will make under Mr. Gest's management next year, and to produce in Berlin Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape and Zoe Akins' Papa...
...Mecca," the newest extravaganza of Morris Gest, which opened at the Century Theatre in New York on Monday evening, is said to surpass by far his previous lavish spectacles, such as "Chu Chin Chow" and "Aphrodite...
Authors are urged to send in manuscripts as early as possible. The earlier they are received the better the opportunity for careful consideration. The award will be made by a committee of five judges: Messrs. Lee Shubert, W. M. Brady, Holbrook Blinn, Morris Gest, and F. R. Comstock...
...seriously considered. Because a play is a good piece of work or interesting does not insure its production at the Princess Theatre. It must possess striking novelty. The award will be made by a committee composed of Mr. Lee Schubert, Mr. W. M. Brady, Mr. Holbrook Blinn, Mr. Morris Gest, and Mr. F. Ray Comstock...