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...primary purpose of the theater is to entertain and amuse," declared Victor Moore, famed comedian who again is portraying the role of the ineffectual Throttlebottom in "Let 'Em Eat Cake" at the Shubert Theater, the sequel to "Of Thee 1 Sing." in an interview last night...
...Blue Widow (by Marianne Brown Waters, produced by Lee and J. J. Shubert) is a repetitive comedy about a strumpet who can narrow and widen her eyes. Situation: into a country-houseful of friendly weekenders is insinuated a deceased playwright's baby-faced mistress, representing herself as a grief-shattered widow (Queenie Smith). Plot: she drills unremittingly into the head of every man visible that he is a big strong man, she a little weak woman. Thus she gets proposals of various kinds from a bachelor, a married man too much in love with his busy literary wife...
...word about the theatres themselves. Big hits, like "Green Pastures" and "Of Thee I Sing," usually show at the Shubert, Wilbur, or Colonial. Theatre Guild productions and plays casting favorite actors usually appear at the Plymouth or Hollis. First run movies like "Cavalcade" come to the Majestic. Almost anything is liable to happen at the Tremont. The Opera House is the scene of wrestling bouts, musical comedies, and opera. A good way to see a little opera is to get a job as an extra...
...manager's office of the Shubert Theatre last week stepped a round-faced, grey-haired, solid-shouldered man to become Mayor of Minneapolis. He was Alexander Gilberg ("Buzz") Bainbridge, a political novice, looking older and wiser than his 47 years. As a Republican he had just defeated Farmer-Laborite Mayor William A. Anderson in a nip & tuck election. Mayor Anderson had kept Minneapolis from seeing Crazy Quilt, Fanny Brice's raw revue. He had vetoed the city's beer ordinance, sent citizens to St. Paul for Sunday drinks. Many a Minneapolitan, weary of reform, turned hopefully...
...Buzz" Bainbridge was born in Pittsburgh. A lisping sister called him "buzzer,'' gave him his nickname. He ran away, joined a circus, did theatrical press-agentry and 22 years ago became manager of the Shubert in Minneapolis. He married Actress Marie Gale who played ingenue parts in his Shubert stock company, helped him to clear off a $44,000 debt in three years. Most businessmen counted on him to manage Minneapolis as well as he had managed the Shubert...