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...Lawrence, who came to Cambridge several weeks ago as the coach of the play which was then under consideration, was graduated from Princeton in the class of 1921. In spite of his youth he had a varied career in connection with the stage, having served in the capacity of actor, director, and scenery designer...
Since that time he has been connected with the Triangle Society in New York City as an actor, and with the Boston Stage Society. With the latter he has been both acting and directing in the plays which are given at the "Barn" on Joy Street. He is also working at present on the scenery which is to be used in the production of "The Merchant of Venice" at Boston University...
Broken Hearts. The proverbial melancholy of the Russian Jew is herewith condensed into a motion picture with Maurice Schwartz principally cast. Mr. Schwartz is the notable leader of the Yiddish Art Theatre in Manhattan. He makes a pretty good movie actor, and has at least had the courage to play a picture which is all sorrow. It is about a Russian youth whose Russian wife came to life after he had remarried in America...
Married. Georgette Cohan, 25, daughter of famed actor-producer George M. Cohan, widow of J. William Souther, broker; to William Hamilton Rowse, perfumer; at Manhattan. When she married Mr. Souther in 1921, she telegraphed her father: "Married a Yankee Doodle Boy. Wave your flag." Importer Rowse is a naturalized American (onetime Englishman...
...term "hobby horse" is of great antiquity and uncertain origin. It has been used to denote: 1) The "Irish hobby," a breed of small horse trained to an easy gait. 2) The costume worn by a medieval actor to represent both man and horse, and consisting of a framework with a horse's head and tail casing the actor's hips. 3) An early form of bicycle or tricycle. 4) A prostitute. (Webster's New International Dictionary...