Word: kleptomaniac
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Plastered in Paris. Guffaws will grow among those people who pronounce it "moom pitcher," who view this bad piece about a kleptomaniac ex-soldier at the American Legion convention in Paris. The star is Sammy Cohen, cast as Samuel Nosenbloom...
...distinguish between high and low life: it is a case of democracy to the negation of the individual. Viola Roach, the old Copley favorite, is relegated to a minor part and further handicapped by crutches, the penalty of a sprained foot. Of the others, Frank Charlton as the kleptomaniac deserves most commendation. The production is appropriate if not striking; off-stage details are overlooked, but on-stage they are carefully emphasized. For what it is intended to be, the play succeeds to the full--a jolly evening's entertainment...