Word: juliets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Soprano Hallie Stiles, who was to have made her Chicago debut in the season's first Romeo et Juliet, was ill, postponed her appearance until...
Soprano Mary McCormic, native of Amarillo, Tex., protegee of Mary Garden, sang Juliet sketchily. A few days previously she had announced her engagement to Prince Serge Mdivani, the about-to-be-divorced husband of Cinemactress Pola Negri. Said she: "When I met the Prince I knew I was headed toward Heaven...
...color sequences there is a trick with perfume; the spectators sniff-is it possible?-yes, they smell orange blossoms. Gus Edwards sings "Lon Chancy Will Get You If You Don't Watch Out;" Norma Shearer and John Gilbert put on the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet; Marie Dressier sings and prances around. Sometimes slapstick turns into comedy, sometimes comedy trails off into slapstick. The Hollywood Revue is not sophisticated but it is good entertainment. Best song: 'Singing in the Rain.' Prettiest girl: Joan Crawford. Silliest shot: Jack Benny covered with icing from the cake. Best shot...
...that brought the soprano to New York in 1926 at the head of an army of enthusiastic supporters. Suspicions of this nature are strengthened when one recalls that in the statement to the press there is no promise not to appear before the hungry chickens in the garb of Juliet...
Miss Cowl expressed pride in the fact that she holds two Shakespearian records: first for the most performances of any Shakespearian role, which she holds as a result of 698 performances of Juliet; and second, for the presentation of Juliet seven times a week a thing which she did frequently but which no other actress has ever attempted because of the physical and emotional strain of the role...