Word: shumlin
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...About once a season comes a play so superlative as this. People have been going to see Grand Hotel for some time in Max Reinhardt's Berlin theatre, elsewhere in Europe. It was written by Vicki Baum, staged, directed and produced (with Harry Moses) in Manhattan by Herman Shumlin. It is difficult to imagine a better translation than that which William A. Drake has made. Originally titled Menschen Inn Hotel (People in a Hotel), the play manages to grasp a large chunk of existence, thrust it into a Berlin hostelry, expose it completely. It would be easy to demonstrate...
...entire performance comes off with a precision and smartness that result from a most fortunate collaboration of casting, direction, staging, acting. A revolving stage facilitates the presentation of the 18 scenes. The smoothness with which each episode blends into the whole drama may be attributed to Director Shumlin. As the fleshy manufacturer, bluffing his way through a merger, Siegfried Rumann is convincingly brutal. He looks and performs not unlike Emil Jannings. He was an officer in the German army during the War, was wounded, acted in The Channel Road, has sung in Manhattan beer halls for a living. The stenographer...
...Emanuel Smith issued a letter of benediction. Special League tickets were issued to the 13 member houses then open. Meanwhile from the offices of nonLeague producers and "outlaw" brokers issued rumblings of war. ''Blacklist . . . conspiracy!" hissed Legshowman George White (Flying High). "Half-baked . . . childish!" snorted Producer Herman Shumlin (The Last Mile). A League executive tried to conciliate Mr. White: "Forget it, old-timer . . . and help us clean up this rotten situation which has made ticket distribution a 'racket.' " Producer White was adamant. He threatened to start a move among producers that would finish the League, namely...