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Leading lady of the piece is Lenore Ulric, who has finally come to light comedy after squirming and rasping through a decade of sin for the late David Belasco (Kiki, Lulu Belle, Mima). Her husband, Sidney Blackmer, plays opposite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 23, 1931 | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

That a female was actually aroused to the point of pocketing her dignity and suing Bookseller Bischl for fraud was due, he thought, to the real title (not advertised) of the book, Lazy Little Lulu Learns to Cook...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: Lazy Little Lulus | 3/2/1931 | See Source »

...appearance in Grand Hotel, Henry Hull (Lulu Belle, Michael & Mary, The Ivory Door) has also given his theatrical reputation a boost. He is the dissolute Baron Von Gaigern whose increasing desperation at his failure to get funds, so that he may be aboard the dancer's train, is terminated by a revolver shot. Actor Hull says he likes the role better than any he has ever played since he started acting in 1911. He was born in Louisville, Ky., is 37 years old, went to Columbia University. He likes to farm, has a wife and two children, has written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 24, 1930 | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

...famed Lunt & Fontanne is a perennial signal for critical hosannas, Elizabeth The Queen remains the sort of thing worst done by high school dramatic clubs, best done by the Guild. The Vanderbilt Revue. There are comparatively few funnywomen, none of whom are funnier than hearty, contagious, coarse Lulu McConnell. Four years ago she created the part of an immensely amusing low-life in a little show called Peggy Ann on the same stage to which she returned last week as the chief comic in The Vanderbilt Revue. In one of her skits - revived from her vaudeville repertoire - she is invited...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 17, 1930 | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

...University of Wisconsin, she has served on the Board of Regents. Once a newshawk (for Milwaukee papers and New York World) she is now newsworthy. In 1911 she won first prize in a short-story contest in which there were 15,000 entries. In 1921 her play Miss Lulu Belt won the Pulitzer Prize. Last month she publicly forgave a plagiarist (TIME. Sept. 15). Other books: Preface to a Life, Faint Perfume, Birth, Friendship Village...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Near-Masterpiece-- | 11/10/1930 | See Source »

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