Word: jeeter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Moonfaced" am I? Because of that three minutes I did in Tobacco Road as a result of my run-in with John Barton, I've been resigned to being called "Jeeter" the rest of my days, but now you have to come along and call me "moonfaced" (TIME...
...Minneapolis, moon-faced Merle Potter, dramatic critic of the Times-Tribune, went to review Tobacco Road, came away fuming. Next morning he blasted Actor John Barton across the Mississippi for turning dirty, hungry Jeeter Lester into an "obscene clown," the theatre into a bawditorium...
Actor Barton then spat right back in Potter's eye: "If you think you're so good and know just how this role of Jeeter should be played, why don't you come up and play it yourself? Try just three minutes of it if you don't want to go to the trouble of learning the entire part...
Brought before the Actors' Equity Council, charged with using abusive language backstage, James Barton, who played oathsome, loathsome Jeeter Lester in Jack Kirkland's racy Tobacco Road for 1,674 performances, retorted: "Imagine an actor in a Jack Kirkland show being charged with bad language!" He was ordered to be "reprimanded...
...After playing lying, lecherous, dirty Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road for 1,674 shows, James Barton announced he would quit the show this week. Rumored reason: squabbles with other members of the cast. Successor: Vaudeville Impersonator Eddie Garr...