Word: theater
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...premiere in Boston. The cast includes: Vivienne Giesen who replaced Rosamund Pinchot as the Nun In Max Reinhardt's "Miracle"; Dorothy Scott, formerly of Margaret Anglin's company in her production of "Electra"; Robert Henderson, whose successes in New York were followed by a year at the Copley Theater in Boston; and George Coulouris whose work with the Theater Guild has received exceptional praise. Louis Horst, noted pianist and the foremost dance accompanist in America has composed the music for the production, and will accompany Miss Graham in her dance...
...17th birthday he was given a steerage ticket to the U. S. From Manhattan he headed west to Chicago, thence to Oshkosh, Wis., where, he made a small competency and reputation in the clothing business. At 39, he branched out for himself, bought a Chicago nickelodeon (primitive cinema theater) and broke into the entertainment racket. From that out, his rise was picturesquely, Algeresquely steady. Motion Picture Patents Co. tried to freeze him out. Laemmle fought back tooth & nail with loud-barking publicity, many a lawsuit (289 in less than three years), lived to see his enemies scattered by legal mandate...
...Play, which is in three acts, was written by Dorothy Abbott Hamburger, a student in the school, and is the second production to be given at the theater, written by a student of the school. It is laid in Canada, on the New Hampshire border. The cast is as follows: Parnela Burr as Mrs. Larson, Mildred Dunnock as Nannie, Jane Mast as Vangeline, H. B. Westmore 31, as Andy, Carleton Green '30 as Tim, and I. C. Martin '34, as Nibs...
...illustrate, is the development of an art and technique peculiarly suited to the medium of the screen. Chaplin has worked out one type of movie style, the silhouette is another, but in most cases movies are but literal translations of an art which is at its best in the theater...
GREEN GROW THE LILACS?The Theater Guild goes way out West...