Word: lesbianism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Urning, Lesbian...
...social milieu's unloveliest tragedies. It is a tense, well-constructed play, dealing with the plight of an Urning among men. The girl struggles against a homosexual compulsion with all the vigor of human will, only to succumb inevitably to her own nature, consumed entirely by Lesbian fires. Men, uncomprehending, fail to help her to escape from herself. She must return to her own. Perhaps the play's weakness lies in just the same misfortune; that men and women of the audience find it hard to sympathize with these strange passions. Yet what is lacking of sympathy...
...play in which a young man enjoyed illicit intercourse with a married woman and in which a Lesbian made a play for young girls. (Nirvana...
...inspired realism of their acting conveys their meaning almost as adequately as words. In this last week in New York they are presenting a complete repertory. THE GOD OF VENGEANCE-The daughter of the keeper of a brothel succumbs to her environment in a powerfully explicit scene with a Lesbian. Rudolph Schildkraut gives a poignant performance as the agonized father. The producers and cast have been indicted because of its alleged immortality. MERTON OF THE MOVIES-Through no will of his own, a movie-struck youth becomes a film comedian. The process is attended by no little disillusionment. _ RAIN...
...VENGEANCE-The daughter of a Polish Jew, keeper of a brothel, falls a victim to her environment in a repulsively explicit scene with a Lesbian. Rudolph Schildkraut makes the father's misery immensely moving...