Word: helene
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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SEVENTH HEAVEN-Helen Menken creating for herself a lasting name as the gutter-girl of Paris who knew the infinite value of faith...
DEIRDRE-James Stephens-Macmillan ($2.50). The story of Deirdre, Ireland's Helen of Troy-the pursuit of her by King Conachur of Ulster- her flight with Naoise, son of Usna-her life in exile with Naoise and his brothers-her ruinous beauty-the tragic end of it all and the tremendous last fight where the sons of Usna, caught in Conachur's treacherous net, were conquered at last by magic, after slaying their hundreds. And Deirdre died on her young husband's body, singing their keen. A beautiful retelling of one of the finest folk-tales...
Unfortunately, the Guild erred in their usual keen judgment of players. Phyllis Povah is far too wholesome in the leading part, lacking entirely the cutting edge of bitterness to make the character convincing. The remainder of the cast, however, were shrewdly chosen. Particularly competent was the veteran Guild actress Helen Westley (laconic mother who preferred as conversational material lobster salad to liberalism...
...Helen Hayes, attractive heroine of To the Ladies and other plays, will soon appear in Loney Lee, a comedy by Sophie Treadwell...
SEVENTH HEAVEN - Melodrama with snatches of comedy demonstrating the charm of Helen Menken against a background of the gutters and garrets of Paris in Wartime...