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...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...
...James Thurber, famous for illustrating The War Between the Sexes with his runaway pencil, has carried the combat to the stage. The Male Animal tells of a young English professor (Elliott Nugent) who has all the trouble that Thurber thinks the male animal is born to. The prof gets branded a Red for wanting to read one of Vanzetti's letters to his class. He gets all tangled up with his wife when an old sweetheart of hers comes to town for a football game. A Milquetoast by nature, the professor quaffs too much of the cup that emboldens...
...Male Animal serves up its bit of plot successively as roast 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...
...rich in tradition, money, or great teachers, Ohio State counts among its graduates many an important cog in the nation's work. Star alumni: Inventor Charles Franklin Kettering, president of General Motors Research Corp., who worked his way through; Humorist James Thurber...
...theory and practice of art by an American painter of unquestionable ability. . . Bellamy Partridge's "Country Lawyer" reconstructs an interesting side of rural life in an older America. . . . "The 1940 New Yorker Album" assembles an excellent selection of the most unique cartoon humor in the world. . . . James Thurber's "The Last Flower" has been causing a mild furor of late, with its poetic parable of the future of our civilization. Unequivocally recommended. . . "U.S. Camera Annual: 1940" is edited by Steichen which means that it should be the best available, and is . . . Hyman Levy's "Modern Science" is a difficult...