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...Road Together.* A rather depressing chapter was added last week to the dramatic adventures of Marjorie Rambeau. She was forced to fight her way through the tangling verbal underbrush of a three-act jungle planted by George Middleton and nourished to a state of public display by A. H. Woods...
Whether or not it was wholly the fault of the play is difficult to determine. Certainly Miss Rambeau belied her extensive experience in the Theatre by displaying an unaccountable first-night nervousness She tangled her pronouns and completely disregarded the normal pronunciation of "thermometer." Others in a capable cast were manifestly disturbed by her curious demeanor...
...Road Together achieved a modern metropolitan record by opening and closing the same night. Playwright Middleton (author or collaborator of Polly with a Past, Adam and Eva, The Other Rose) objected to Marjorie Rambeau's "indifference" in performance; Producer Woods sustained his objection' and the play was withdrawn. The next day the Woods office discussed cancelling Miss Rambeau's $1,500 a week contract; she was incapacitated with, a, "nervous breakdown...
Sued for divorce. By Marjorie Rambeau, actress, Hugh Dillman McGaughey, actor. She charges cruelty, nonsupport, desertion. She divorced Willard Mack, playwright...
...individual roles, Ian Keith made a confident and picturesque Orlando. But Marjorie Rambeau was not Rosalind. She was good to look at, her delivery was often excellent, her comedy effective without tedious rollicking - but the proud, humorous, airy creature of Shakespeare's fancy she was not. She gave everything but enchantment to the part...