Word: screenings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Censorship is what ruins the plays which are taken from Broadway and turned into pictures," continued Mr. Gribble, "It makes motion picture production absolutely dishonest. There isn't a fact of life which can be shown on the screen. In certain shows you can't even mention the fact that a woman is going to have a baby. The reason why pictures are unintelligible even to minors is that they are not made to conform with any standard of morality but with a synthetic code made up by committees of bigoted people...
...fast-moving musical comedy extravaganza, The Greenwich Village Follies, starring York and King and fifty entertainers, is announced as the stage show billed for the Keith-Boston Theatre, Friday, while the screen will feature "The Lost Patrol" with Victor McLaglen and a big cast...
...found in the 1934 edition of "The Greenwich Village Follies." Chich York and Rose King are its co-stars. They are ably assisted by Coley Worth, comedian; Edith Drake, prima donna; Ayres and Rene, with Rasche, adaglo dancers; True Yorke, daughter of the headliners; Ernest Charles, stage, screen and radio tenor; the Greenwich Village male octette, and Ruby Norton, musical comedy and vandeville favorite. The Three California Redheads, feminine dancing beauties, are an added feature attraction. The ensemble is made up of thirty Greenwich Village beauties...
...course I was disappointed at the failure of 'Jezebel,' but that will not affect my plans in the least. No, there is not much difference in technique between acting for the stage and for the screen. Lionel Barrymore and Holen Hayes are two outstanding examples of people who can do both with equal success. It does make a great difference, though, to have your audience before you. You get a great kick out of watching their response. I have noticed that on rainy nights it is often harder to make people laugh. No, Boston audiences are not very different from...
...turned to a more serious subject. "It's a good thing that the actors and actresses of the screen are rejurning to the stage. Talkies have to use actors with legitimate stage training. While working in pictures the actors get out of tune with an audience, and an actor is only as good as his audience. An audience brings out the best in an actor, and if he stays in pictures too long he loses a great deal of ability. This is especially true in comedy...