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Recently Mme Germanova received a letter of advice from V. I. Nemirovitch-Dantchenko, co-director of the Moscow Art Theatre. Excerpts: ". . . The Americans do not like artificiality, even though it may be beautiful. Sincerity in feelings comes foremost. Look at their charming cinema actresses - Lillian Gish (my favorite) ; Greta Garbo, the charming Janet Gaynor. Any overacting is quite out of the question! ... Do not be in a hurry to get rich. Do not be influenced by those who ring in your ears promises of hundreds of thousands. Be kind. Americans do not like evil and capricious people...
With a setting which represented plastically, with various unexpected levels and slopes, a Spanish interior the like of which has yet to be seen in Spain, the Nemirovitch-Dantchenko Moscow opera troupe (TIME, Jan. 11) presented last week their version of Mérimée's Carmen with a totally new Russian libretto and a totally new arrangement of the Bizet score...
...again evident that M. Nemirovitch-Dantchenko's "singing actors" act much better than they sing. From a purely auditory viewpoint the performance was scarcely more than worth attending. The eye, however, was caught, held and delighted by the perfect ensemble pantomime of the chorus, which lolled and sat about at various levels throughout most of the production, and provided a sort of "visual accompaniment" to the action which centred about the main characters...
...past month the famed showman, Morris Gest, has been endeavoring to convince Manhattanites that the Moscow Art Theatre Musical Studio of M. Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantchenko (cofounder of the Moscow Art Theatre with Stanislavsky) represents the ultimate and perfect synthesis of the dramatic, lyric, pantomimic and scenic arts...
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