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...Tolstoy's Definition...
Among the definitions of Art given in your issue of May 5th, Tolstoy's definition, of which Bernard Shaw wrote that: "This is the simple truth: the moment it is uttered, whoever is really conversant with art recognises in it the voice of the master," finds no place...
Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata by Pianist Alfred Cortot and Violinist Jacques Thibaud (Victor, $10)?The David and Jonathan of musicians play expertly the Sonata dedicated to the once eminent violinist, Rudolph Kreutzer. Later Tolstoy added to its lustre by using it as the kernel of his hotly-debated novel...
Redemption (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). This is an ambitious version of Tolstoy's play about a man who redeemed himself spiritually by sacrificing everything, even life, to his inability to make decisions. Its intention is less to popularize Tolstoy than to strengthen the prestige of Actor John Gilbert, whose first talking picture, His Glorious Night, was a failure. Gilbert declaims Fedya in a resonant, hollow voice, giving in his best scenes a lively imitation of John Barrymore and in his worst a caricature of himself in those pictures in which he made his reputation as the Screen's Greatest Lover...
...ambiguously symbolical: a troyka is a Russian carriage drawn by three horses, the centre horse wearing a halter around its neck. The play exhibits all the typical appurtenances of Russian drama, including characters named Bogulieff and Bolotoff, without any of the vitalizing insight of a Chekhov or a Tolstoy. Natascha is quietly played by Zita Johann, whose intelligent presence gave interest to last season's Machinal...