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EARLY TO RISE (246 pp.)-Arnold E. Grisman-Harper...
...harajah's palace. Poor Bill's maharajah turns out to be a telephone-booth Indian who suddenly folds his palace and silently steals away. On little elephant feet, an unfunny love interest clomps its way through the otherwise funny book. And occasionally, 37-year-old Author Grisman lets overwriting interfere with the reading. At his best, Grisman neatly catches the self-mocking nuances of Jewish-flavored humor. His spirited air of general irreverence gives Early to Rise the eloquence of a small, perfectly rendered Bronx cheer...
...offices of four Manhattan theatres controlled by Sam H. Grisman -the Forrest (Tobacco Road), the Belasco (Golden Boy), the Hudson (Whiteoaks), the Windsor (The Two Bouquets, opening May 31)- made U. S. theatrical history this week when they started selling tickets, not only for their own shows, but for the other three as well. The system, new to the U. S., has worked out well in Europe...
Tortilla Flat (adapted by Jack Kirkland; produced by Jack Kirkland & Sam H. Grisman). Critics, like partridges, should never be shot sitting. That this sportsmanlike principle still lingers on Broadway was evidenced last week...
...overcoat. Henry Hull, then playing the part of filthy Jeeter Lester, found he could begin to pay the expenses of his Old Lyme, Conn, estate. After the first year's run, profits were $84,000. When Tobacco Road's second birthday rolled around, Producers Sam Grisman, Jack Kirkland and Anthony Brown threw caution to the winds, blew in $10.50 for new costumes for all the players...