Word: robson
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...used mainly as a springboard for comedy. Its heroine is a quaintly incredible old woman who sells apples on a Manhattan corner, guzzles too much gin, and corresponds with her daughter, whom she is sending to a Spanish convent, on the stationery of an expensive hotel. Apple Annie (May Robson) finds herself in a dilemma when her daughter (Jean Parker) writes to say that she has become engaged to a young Spanish grandee and that she is bringing him and his father, Count Romero (Walter Connolly), to Manhattan to meet her family...
...excellent actor. His subtle and penetrating characterization in "Topaze" is now followed by another fine performance in "Reunion in Vienna," the piece de resistance at the University this week. Miss Wynyard turns in a capable and convincing performance as Eleana, as does Frank Morgan as her husband. May Robson is up to her usual high standard and the supporting cast is excellent...
Elected. Mrs. August Belmont, Manhattan socialite (formerly Eleanor Robson, actress): to be first woman board-member of Metropolitan Opera...
Ever since Eleanor Robson left the stage to marry the late rich, patrician August Belmont, she has specialized in philanthropy.* These last two years graceful, white-haired Mrs. Belmont has been the most conspicuous Unemployment Relief woman in New York. On May i she will retire. Last week, at a meeting of Jewish women, she began her valedictory speech: "If you will permit me I will be absolutely frank...
...Actress Robson that George Bernard Shaw wrote Major Barbara, tale of a Salvation Army lass, his ablest document on social service...