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...frequently as the ablest dramatic actress on the U. S. stage, was her first noteworthy venture in the cinema. She had the role of a French peasant girl who takes up with a thief and turns prostitute to support her son. Like Helen Hayes, Lynn Fontanne made her debut in cinema last year and her performance in The Guardsman was one of three nominated for the Academy's award. The third was aged Marie Dressier, who won last year and whose acting in Emma ranked second to Helen Hayes's in the 850 Academy members' vote this year...
...flock of live geese which she insisted on having against all other judgment; the night golden-haired Maria Jeritza gave her first breath-taking performance of Tosca and astounded New Yorkers by singing the Vissi d' arte lying flat on the stage; the night Marion Talley made her debut with a delegation from Kansas City to ballyhoo her placid, immature performance; the night Antonio Scotti, celebrating his 25th anniversary at the Metropolitan, received as tribute a brace of pigeons hidden in a great basket of flowers...
...lounge of the S. S. Samaria to convince immigration officer, that she was qualified to enter the U. S. as an artist. News columns headlined the story but few people took account of it until a few days later when she made her formal U. S. concert debut in Manhattan's Town Hall. Then people who heard her went wild with enthusiasm. Poldi Mildner played at a terrific, breath-taking pace, with a force and authority which few women pianists ever attain. As the audience's excitement grew she played faster & faster. There seemed no limit...
...delicious tidbit of pure nonsense "Springtime for Henry" will secure larger audiences than greeted the farce at its Boston debut...
That afternoon an apathetic crowd was prepared.to be bored by the debut of an unknown in a trite, old-fashioned opera. Until she reached the mad scene only her youthful charm impressed. Then she swept the house out of itself. She sang her high F, managed chromatics and staccati with incredible ease. The audience made her take 16 curtain calls...