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...bluffed his way through the eyesight test but was found out. He tried advertising and was good at it, like Author Sherwood Anderson, but resigned to write. In 1926 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, went to France and wrote John Brown's Body. Some months ago he followed the well-worn path to Hollywood to write the dialog for Abraham Lincoln (TIME, Sept. 8). Other books: Five Men and Pompey, The Beginning of Wisdom, Spanish Bayonet...
This is New York. There is an old saying that "New York is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't live there if you gave me the place." Robert E. Sherwood, once an editor of Life, having written The Road to Rome and Waterloo Bridge, has turned his attention to this saw and has evidently decided to make a rebuttal. Producer Arthur Hopkins has selected a creditable cast to present Mr. Sherwood's side of the question. There is charming, blonde Lois Moran, recently of the audible cinema. Her legitimate stage technique is somewhat adolescent...
Playwright Sherwood's show begins when Miss Moran's father, a South Dakota Senator, comes to New York. Both he and his wife are definitely opposed to the city, advocate its secession from the union. No less are they opposed to their daughter's marrying Mr. Kerr, a Manhattan socialite whose past is rife with youthful follies. Then Miss Moran attempts to extricate her fiance from the claims of his mercenary mistress (Miss Dale). It is about this time (Act II) that the play begins to take life. At the paramour's apartment an impromptu fiesta...
Playwright Sherwood ultimately makes a very good case for New York. His play drags a bit in spots, but is commendable...
...Fernando, Calif., Theodore G. Sherwood, 86, Civil War veteran, was sentenced to jail for two days because he refused to buy a license to have a bathtub in his home...