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Derivative but pleasing are these Henderson tunes: "Say When," "When Love Comes Swinging Along," "So Long for Ever So Long."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 19, 1934 | 11/19/1934 | See Source »

Sean O'Casey, noted Irish dramatist, delivered the first of the Morris Gray lectures to a large audience in the Fogg Lecture Room yesterday afternoon. Taking as his theme for exposition "The Old Drama and the New," O'Casey quickly won the assemblage with his rich Irish brogue, and proceeded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sean O'Casey Attacks Modern Playwrights for Venality and Spinelessness of Today's Writing | 11/17/1934 | See Source »

Equally well selected were those who played the minor roles and who provided background for the story laid in imperial Russia about 1875. Anna Sten shows ability to act and is something more than a pleasing puppet. Her portrayal is sincere, charming, and natural. Frederic March does well as Dmitri...

Author: By J. H. H., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 11/17/1934 | See Source »

Some of his aquatints of Hawaiian girls last week immediately reminded critics of Gauguin's sultry Tahiti wood carvings and oils. Unforced and simple, John Kelly's etchings proved him an able draughtsman. Hawaii visitors saw in his pictures a pleasing, accurate record of the island's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: In the Galleries | 11/5/1934 | See Source »

Metropolitan: "Judge Priest"--Will Rogers, who is rapidly becoming our favorite screen philosopher and pater familias, in a very pleasing story of life in a quiet little Kentucky hamlet where the chief topic of conversation is still the Civil War and those "damned Yankees." Anita Louise will make you wish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Merry-go-Round | 10/23/1934 | See Source »

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