Word: theater
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rarely does the University Theater combine in one program two features with as great an entertainment value as "Star of Midnight" and "Hold 'Em Yale." The former attraction, an extremely complicated murder mystery starring that ace of detectives William Powell, joins with Damon Runyon's most recent comedy hit to offer an evening of pleasing diversion to the theatergoer. In fact, despite the general prevalence of examinations, we do not hesitate to recommend the current double bill as one of the more interesting attractions of the season...
...reassuring to be reminded that Harvard still resents the more blatant forms of jingoism. The Liberal Club by energetic canvassing collected an impressive number of signatures--well over a thousand--for removing the Hearst-Metrotone newareel from the University Theater, and the management readily complied with popular opinion...
...Current Trends in the American Theater" will be the subject of an address by George Sklar, co-author with Paul Peters of the revue "Parade," at 4 o'clock this afternoon in Phillips Brooks House under the auspices of the Harvard and Radcliffe chapters of the National Student League...
...those who possess a credulous and trusting nature the current bill at the University Theater can offer a pleasant evening's entertainment, but to those whose innate scepticism demands a certain amount of logicality the two movies, "West Point of the Air" and "Shadow of Doubt," will prove rather disappointing...
...When the Theater Guild, fortress of American dramatic art, presents a musical review that most certainly is news. Knowing the penchant of the Guild for the unusual, one would suspect that "Parade, A Satirical Revue," conceals beneath its orthodox song and dance title something new and surprising in the line of musicals and this proves completely and satisfyingly the truth. Once the run-of-the-mill opening has been gotten over, "Parade" develops rapidly into a most unusual and refreshingly progressive undertaking...