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...Maitre des Forges," by Georges Ohnet, is an unblushingly melodramatic tale of love between noblesse and bourgeoisie, and the dire effects of pride. The heaviness of the plot is compensated for, however, by skillful acting, pleasing repartee for those who can understand it, and a delightful delineation of a very comical nouveau-riche...
...Maitre de Forges," by Georges Ohnet will be presented by the French Talking Films Committee this Thursday and Friday, February 4 and 5, at the Institute of Geographical Exploration, 2 Divinity Avenue. The performances will be at 1:40; 4:15; and 9:00 o'clock. Tickets may be obtained at 8:45 o'clock in the morning, Tuesday, February 2, at Hunt Hall and Exhibition Hall, on presentation of bursar cards...
Some years ago a Paris ugly contest was won by eminent contenders-Novelist Georges Ohnet, Critic Francisque Sarcey and M. Francois Paul Jules Grevy, one-time (1879-1887) President of the Republic. To attract entrants for this year's contest, the promoters made public speeches praising Aesop, Cicero, Socrates and other famed eyesores. Competitors soon came flocking-a fishmonger with warts; a bald female pinhead who claimed to have been in a circus; an Italian Jew with erysipelas; Mme. Grun, a scowling housewife, with photographs of a neighbor whose mouth, she vowed, would admit a whole orange; pock-marked...
...Maitre de Forges," a comedy in four acts by George Ohnet, was presented last night by players of the Theatre Francais at the Copley Theatre. Of the three plays in their Boston repertory it is perhaps the least interesting, its predecessor "Sapho" being a classic of the theatre, and "La Rafale," which will be seen tomorrow evening, a capital melodrama of the efficient Bernstein type. Perhaps "Le Maitre de Forges" is considered a dramatic classic also in Paris. It is what the French understand by a comedy...
From the French of Georges Ohnet. By J. J. Kennealy...