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...White Cargo" at the Selwyn. Earl Carroll presents Leon Gordon in his own play, the tropical drama of Englishmen rotting in an African jungle, which created such a stir in New York last year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seven Plays to Open in Boston January 19 | 1/14/1925 | See Source »

Seldom is a publisher's "blurb" anything more than a mere blurb--a kind of mixture of a botch and a burble. but in the case of "After Disillusion" we have before us something different. The "blurber" here displays" considerable thought and considerable analytic power, and we congratulate Mr. Selwyn on his staff...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EROTOCOSM, SUBTLETY AND POWER | 12/21/1923 | See Source »

...office failure just because it's an artistic success, but I haven't reached that stage yet," said George M. Cohan to a CRIMSON reporter yesterday afternoon between acts of "The Song and Dance man", in the title role of which he is appearing at the Selwyn Theatre. "It costs money to operate in the show business, and you've got to give the public what it wants. If the public expects one thing from me, I'd be foolish to experiment with another. I am ready to turn to something new, however, any time I am convinced it will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARTISTIC SUCCESS WITH BOX-OFFICE FAILURE DOES NOT APPEAL TO COHAN | 12/13/1923 | See Source »

...using my name in any private cinema enterprise. The name is legally my own, although I was born 'Goldfish' and later acquired the 'Goldwyn' by process of combining the first syllable of my name with the last syllable of the surname of Edgar and Archibald Selwyn, my business associates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Oct. 29, 1923 | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

ANYTHING MIGHT HAPPEN-Edgar Selwyn has written a comedy of mannerly intoxication. Anything might happen, but what actually does is rather amusing than important. Two of Manhattan's most impeccable recently-jilted (Roland Young and Leslie Howard) become inextricably involved with each other's fiancees until the last act, when an extensive readjustment takes place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: First Nights | 3/3/1923 | See Source »

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