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...half-witted sister (played by a well-known campus character under the Puritan alias of Penny Menace) who, with her wild-eyed lyrical ramblings, steals a good bit of the show. As our hero seems headed for certain destruction, in stalks the noble raiser of lost souls, Arden Rencelaw (William Griffin) and restores him and his gladdened wife and child to the old homestead. The fair maiden is portrayed with charming winsomeness by William Jeffrys, one of the comeliest blondes to grace the campus in years. Athlete Johnny Dorman is a picture of maternal wisdom and beauty as the early...

Author: By S. M. B., | Title: THE D. U. | 3/15/1935 | See Source »

...supposed to be amused gently by the spectacle of a play faithfully produced in the manner of 1843, when Phineas Taylor Barnum first presented it, and people wept for the young wife (Dortha Duckworth) when her handsome husband (Hal Conklin) took to drink, rejoiced when good Banker Rencelaw brought him back to virtue and probity from a tavern shed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Back to Barnum | 4/23/1934 | See Source »

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