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...drawl. In fact, the entire cast creates effective illusion. If the West is not like that, it ought to be. Best and most remarkable of all is Impresario Belasco's staging. A little thing like the creation of the firmaments is, to him, child's play. Alexander Woollcott: "Then Mr. Mack apologized. . . . Why, even Mr. Belasco apologized...
...year is an importation from England, and, though the locale is changed to Maine, it remains as completely British as ever. The story is of a group of stranded passengers at a country station who are terrified by tales of a mysterious train-an eerie local, Alexander Woollcott called it-that made its unearthly appearance from time to time. The mystery itself is intriguing enough, but the solution is less satisfying. On the whole, the melodrama is rather less exciting than it should...
...fine actress, a rare artist of the kind that comes but once in a generation, a bit of a sorceress, if you ask me."?Alexander Woollcott...
Beware of Widows. Madge Kennedy has once more demonstrated her right to be known as a superlatively attractive person. Alexander Woollcott went so far in his commentary on the comedy as to call her the most charming person in Manhattan. As such she makes this play worthwhile. Shorn of her amazing personality it would be a slender, an insufficient venture...
...grip of the play on sentimental and therefore large portions of the public cannot be denied. Alexander Woollcott put his discerning finger on the secret when he called the play a great love story. That it undoubtedly is, and as such must gain an inevitable and not unmerited popularity. But Mr. Arlen is not dealing in a new, smart medium as the world believes. It is love and sacrifice that makes The Green Hat good entertainment; not wit and glittering philosophy...