Word: shumlin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Shumlin's Advertisements...
...Manhattan producer, short, bespectacled, intellectual Herman Shumlin (Grand Hotel, The Children's Hour), who wears a hat indoors, conceals his baldness, refused to let his production (The Little Foxes, Tallulah Bankhead's first stage hit in six years) give a benefit performance. Lithe Miss Bankhead raged into the headlines, said she'd donate her own salary not for one performance but for a whole week ($1,000) to the Finns. Other pro-Finland stars and producers rushed to support Miss Bankhead, castigate Mr. Shumlin. Somebody pointed out that Herman Shumlin was the only Broadway producer advertising in the Communist Daily...
...Male Animal (by James Thurber & Elliott Nugent; produced by Herman Shumlin) provides Broadway-in a season rich only in comedy-with another comedy hit. A frail, rachitic tyke of a play, with barely enough clothes to cover it, The Male Animal manages to captivate by its impish tongue and winning smile. It resembles a dinner party where there isn't nearly enough food but where the conversation is so amusing that nobody minds...
...turkey, creamed turkey, turkey hash, scraps, soup, and bones for the dog. Fortunately, Play wright Thurber's insane, melancholy slant on life fills the play with fresh and free-flowing laughter. Frustration is leavened into nonsense, indignation is alkalized by good nature. Admirably cast and directed by Producer Shumlin, The Male Animal is a gay evening in the theatre in spite of being no play...