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...That John Erskine, professor (English Literature, Columbia University), author ( The Private Life of Helen of Troy, Galahad, Adam and Eve), pianist, has been elected president of the Juilliard School of Music, hitherto governed by committee...
...house was sold out on the first evening when an enthusiastic public surpassed all former audiences in the amount of applause, at Town Hall in New York City. Proceeding to Troy the next day the men were received at a tea dance at the Country Club, whence they returned to the city proper to give an evening concert before another eager audience. The majority of the club passed the weekend as guests of the University of Toronto where nothing was left undone for the comfort and pleasure of the visitors. On Tuesday evening an audience, notable among which were...
...Helen of Troy is a legend whose life has passed, like an old coat, from king to courtier, from courtier to servant, from servant to beggar. Homer wrote about a fine and glittering lady; Marlowe found lines like golden bells, for a casual queen; John Erskine made the legend into a matrimonial farce, and now the matrimonial farce has become a cinema, played against Maxfield Parrish walls and valleys, by Maria Corda, a pretty little blonde girl with an affected way of showing her teeth...
...modernized by a clever man, vulgarized by the First National Pictures, Inc., it would be natural to suppose that the old coat could now be no more than a shred of dishonored beauty. This is not accurate. Far from beautiful, seldom even witty, The Private Life of Helen of Troy manages to enrapture most of the people who watch it by its simple and consistent formula. A wisecrack when uttered by a mythical king is ten times funnier than the same wisecrack offered by a drugstore cowboy...
After the Troy appearance the organization is disbanding until December 27. Some of the men will go home over Christmas, and others will continue to Toronto, where they will stay in Trinity College, a division of the University of Toronto. The concert is scheduled for Tuesday December 27, in Convocation Hall...