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Personal real estate transaction of the week: The Dunes, a 50-acre Long Island seashore estate, was bought by Auto Tycoon Henry Ford II (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) from retired (66) Cinemactor Richard (Tol'able David) Barthelmess...
...please audiences, the Cambridge Summer Theatre has apparently at last given vent to a long-suppressed ambition, and is now presenting a show in which the actors have a gay time for themselves, without paying too much attention to anyone else. "Ten Nights in a Barroom" has Mary Barthelmess droning "Father, Dear Father, Come Home With Me Now"; it has Robert Perry hopping around like an 1890 model of Danny Kaye; and it has a weird conglomeration of characters and specialty acts. These vary widely in appeal, but they have one thing in common: everybody behind the footlights...
...number of choice spots. Charles Bell, as George, the wackiest actor of the lot, steals the first act with a wonderful set of lines; but after that he doesn't have much to do, even though everyone waits anxiously for him to swing back into stride. Mary Barthelmess, who plays Kate, the glamour girl of the outfit, suffers from the same sort of thing; her wisecracks pop like fireworks for a while, and then simmer along for the rest of the show...
...women and his beer to straighten out his sister's life. It is the best performance of the evening and will bring great pleasure to every observer. The nine other members of the east complete a very rosy picture, particularly Naacy Duncan as an inquisitive maid, and Mary Barthelmess as a "part-time" actress...
...particularly in the opening of the third act. Her limited knowledge of the stage permitted the director to run wild and consequently destroy the reality of the play. Unfortunately he succeeds in impairing the performances of almost all the actors with the shining exceptions of Myrtle Tannchill, Mary Barthelmess, and Miss Swanson's dog. On the whole the play lacks the timing and spirit that are the life-blood of the sophisticated comedy it tries to be and even the attractive presence of the star does not offset the failings of the production. Thus the total effect of "Reflected Glory...