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...develop a Milne play like Mr. Hopkins. His deft hand is always there to give a push where the fragile dramatic fabric can stand it, to give gentle support where the stuff is sheer. Actor Calhern, having owed himself a good performance since his appearance in The Tyrant, makes a splendid baffled member of Parliament. If you can stand whimsy in stiff doses, Give Me Yesterday is recommended...
...usual habiliments-morning coat, striped trousers, buttonhole gardenia- Grover Aloysius Whalen, New York City's official greeter and onetime police commissioner, stepped out on a cinema set in Los Angeles. .So much did he resemble an extra actor made up for the play in progress that an assistant director gave him a push, bellowing: "Come on, get a move on!" When Mr. Whalen protested politely, the assistant director roared: "Don't gee fresh with me!" Grover Aloysius Whalen extricated himself from this embarrassing situation by producing his calling card...
...Frederick March's rise as an actor of no mean significance has been most pleasant. He is one of the men of the screen who can say "I love you" and "Oh, but you don't understand" with a certain amount of restraint that assures you that you are not listening to someone with mythological attributes. He has acquired a certain savoir faire which makes for a restful enjoyment of his performance...
...gesture he points to the national flags unfurled in his honor from every window. An irrepressible tear drops from his eye as his followers march to the ordered beat of machine gun fire over the dead bodies of the civil population. Unfortunately it is not yet known to which actor the role of victor has been assigned, for Mr. Capone, who possesses the only manuscript of the play, cannot be reached at his home...
Died. Louis Mann, 65, stage and cinema character actor, cousin of the late Representative Julius Kahn of California; of cancer; in Manhattan. Famed for his high stiff collars, his stuttering German comedy dialect, he had been on the stage for 62 years, in Friendly Enemies, The Man Who Stood Still (long run smash hits), The Second Fiddle, The Whirl of New York, Sins of the Children (cinema...