Variety (Feb 1938)

5« VARiETY Shadow and ance:^ l>rH«ift in llii'M apts (four jaoencs), l>!r r»iil VinvfiOl . •iiiToIl. . Ufars- SJr - Ceilr c, liii-.IwU'Uit,'. llotuiires Sart«'.. AIlRbod^ J«Hc llsvilon. Oltwted .1»y J'eter Oo<lfr*;y; aet- titii;.; UrtviU. M, Twuohtiiiiih: art •(irrectoi', .V.m.'s ('. 'Kciilly, . l*respntea. liy. Rilrtle. 1).t\vjliii;. iit the ..lohn GolJen, N. Ti,. Jan. ait; . ':!S,. at:. ^WM ^'tflp:.-. - ': - V , l>;"viu.it J^ViViK-lH ()'KJ1n(,'.sley. ,Tjl(.yd . Upji.irh Tii,»jiii,siji):i, .(.'imcHnnon.,..-. Vulei leCosHttrl J.' 'I iiPi- Viww . .-. ii..... .V.;. vHeni-y • Sothern I li^i; Kli \vtu»;,;...;. i.... . Doyifj Vi'i i 'inioiims Onnon .Skerrltt, : J<<mimV» , r'obWy. ..... . .... .'.-Sani a1Jk(>o(I Ji'i-itnr U IciirttiiiH O'C'unnor.fi'eraid Buckley W*ri lii Miillnlioiie.,.: .> .i .JpliiV i;. ..Kearney \ ii»tf (., •>. i. .....'.. .'Alinirii Sessions Gomihg iat the .close . of. a: particu- larly dismal Jahuaryi : 'Shadow and Substance' ogives, distinction to the Uroadway steasoh, It Js a beautiful, inspiring drama, handsomely pro- duced, briiliantly directed; and su- perbly played; It is sd fine, so emoT- tionally uplifting that it will surely transcend • the : handicaps pf its spiritual thciTie and mystical writing to" h aye ,at least .moderate, cbmnier- !citii-:sucicess, ; ^ -/v;.,.; 'Shadow' :is by Paul Vincent Car- roll, an Irish schoolmaster who is said to have put soihe of his; own experiences into .the play. It; was first vproduced sevieral : years ago . by the Abbey Theatre in Diiblih. Ever sitide the drama was first, annbuhced for^vproduetion; by; Eddie .Dowling,^ it was figured to be the .foremost ar- tistic efTot^t of th^ season. (Dowlihg'S last prbductioh, Maurice Evans' •Kiing Richard II,' also ah artistic success, was . likewise .- a i- boxoflfice cleanup.) 'Shiadow- wais uhfavprably received at its trybiit debtit in iPitts- burgh and, according to-report,- was alrndiit ^ abandoned at ^ that^ timie...„:.vlt was polished to its present state of jperfeetibh, during the tour, however. In substance, 'Shadow' is- simip^ly thie story; of a: dfevbut servant girl caught in the. struggle between the arrogant, .sardonic' Very Reverend Canbn ■ Skerritt, and ,the .Village schoblmaster, passionate/ headlong Dermdt, Frajncis P'Fliiigsley. Air; though the -canoii and the . teacher hate; reach other, she loves them bbtW. . And althbugh. she : is an igno-, rant girl,, she is wiser; than both. In the .j^nd -they both' learn sbinethiiig Qf wisdom irom her childlike; un- questiohihg faith. There: are . various, cither themes running . thirough -the play, - all: re- lated, to thei' central; idea and all bearing; on; the ;story. There-is the explosive book Q'Flihgsley has writ-.' ten anoymbuslyv attacking the Gatholic church in. Ireland ' for its admioistratipn .of the schools. There are the .two .blundering; curettes, the canon's .-niece, the; blatherin'g local spintiter ~ and 'her :muddleheade(l nephew^ ; . But,^ e^entially, 'Shadow' has very little story in the usual sensevof, the •word, although it -has; action- that stirs the-heart, and gleathing .insight that electrifies the ;tnihd. : It ■ is; pri- marily a study of; character; of the fiercely.; opposed characters of the coldly intellectual . canon and thie dynamic schodlniaster, and ;of the warm-hearted girl ■who . 'sees' :h'^r beloved Saint Brigid,; : ■; Peter .Godfriey's direction .brings out the dejjth of theisCript.ahd capi- talizes the incisive bite .of the Bialbig, tiotably .the two tehse curtains of the last actV. ;Entire performance, under Ivis hand movies with, -sure tempo and; emphasis,. In, the..playing,' too, •Shadow* is^uhusually fortunate; Just: as; Brbadway has ;need,ed ' a . distin- guished, dramatic- piede, so several oi: ,th^ cast have, long merited, parts to test their talentsV; . Sir ,Cedric Hardwicke. i.s irresistibly convincing as the s,rtobbish icahoh. He seems not only ,to personify the character he play.s, but his personality glows iii; the theatre.. ,.Only occasionally do some: of his mannerisms intrude be- tyvebii the play and the audience: As when he pauses lob meaningly during speeches .or, by . pieces pt business, such as tapping his finger to eniphasize a vivid moment. . -Julie Haydori, who for-several sear sons has needed suitable part, finds it in the: servant> girl, .Brigid. She; reali2es.,all the predictiohs made for her,;: giving, a; performance:, that, is pbignaht, glowing -and ;intensely aflecting. Lloyd Gough also has a role ^vith the depth of \eal charac- ter. As the explosive O'Flingsley, hie plays with persuasive, fire, yet touches the -gentler facets of the, part,' Particularly in; the tragic final moments of the; .clratna, . his playing With.:Hardwicke and .Miss Haydon is a varicolored job well done,; : "' : Sara; Aliisobd, former Abbey Ther atrie player, fills but; the limited scope of: Jemima: Cooney, the .local spinster, while;Henry Sotherh, ;L,eh: Doyle . and . Gerald' Buckley ' are notable; as the: curates, and the thick- skulled nephew, respectively. David M.; Twa'chtman's;..;settihg is: •admir- able. ;:■;■-, ■" \ :.;^-, ; ■ •.-■ •Keen. wit that seasons: 'Shadow.' should help it at.ihe bpxoffic^ Syhile :the total; absence; of'. Ibverinteji'est is; hardly- .noticisable ; in .the v stress;; pf the ,play; As^ a film possibility, 'ShiiclOw' holds some, prospect, but only, if , produced with - exceptional feelihg. ,Hard., to iinagine anyone but Hardwicke ;and Miss Haydon. for 'a' pictuire version. fiTobe. ' upted roirtance; with another teaPher.' ■'■.•■.■ ■:■•' ■^'i ' Cast lis excellent.; Peggy Simpson, who looks about 17 and is, coyly pretty, "playS the 13-year-young imp; which she; also .did in England; Hol^ lywood should Ibok serioUsly at hei*. Phoebe Foster is good as the girls' guardian. Aubriey Mather,; who did bits in films last summer, after troupr irig in Leslie Howard's 'Hamlet,' is fine as the eagle^bald, paunchy and ^ood-natuireid close-friehd prbf.;;Hielen Trehhblme, as; this girl -y/hb; gets' a husband, -iS; a. looker who; has been cbming; ailbng fast on Broadway dur- ng the .past, two years; she appears to. have sbmething. for fllitis. ; The ihird girl, " attractive blonde; Jane Sterling; iS inalcing her Broadway Dow-oh,"-- .'■;■■•■•■•' :':-■•■.': ••■;. Gaivin Muir and Stepheu KerY Appleby are o.k. as .:juves, ' Arthur Gould-Porter gets:-in-/some swell icks as one of: the older slud^nt.«!. *hllip Tbnge, finely pp.rtrays an acid- ly bitter ^hd unpopular: headmaster. : leister, who staged , as Avell : a:s leads, /turned- in' a good :job .bf direcr; tipn, catchlhg- exact ternpp to vetai n the; ' necessary :comedy pace -and fii ake authentic the British scene. - , Watson parratt's tWo sets* a larj^e study- attd a bedroom, are good. Play; doesn't offer;ihuch-for. ftlmsv.. :■■■•■;■ - -^;■■;-■■ -aert. • .- : .CVmeOy-ln .lhr(»e: (jpis. ■- Pi:erien.(.ed :by \itUr .ton. .Sijiiibert. , AV.|-llleii J>y ;lft;n Hoy.. 'l<'eiit- liires: ■l'-red<?rlok • l,eiii(er; 'J^eBSy ' Si'mp.sbn, -Xulircy' MHtlieh .Vlmebe-Koater.' St»>KeiI by ■/lielsl*:)'; . Ket'i InKs: (t wo .by A'alifiWi Bari-HU).'' . At Morosco, ;,N;.; Y,. ,Jan. '.SS; :ltX30:,tpp;: •C'harlM D0h)fln.;..ii., •''-li.lnibo' KitriiiKaaii,.; Viclor; Be« ni Ls'li, .• ,.i , J'rnnk -HH»tlri8«....i.-. Ellon.. .; ..-.. . , Bnrl»;(i'a':;J'''j(ht';. ']lu I ton*. Facliisdon ..; Matron, i i.;. .:... .. Ro.<i)fmii;y ■ J''(iririi;don i :Ghrls K«rlii(;don, .', .-;. fhlllli de Piiui'ville.;, Klo.s3ie >Cl8:lit.lnKnle; .;.. .Fr«Kj<»rlc.k' Tielste.r. i .i.MfHtei-' li(>her(r'ah; 8(] .•;.;... ■,; ;■ .,G a y i n. >1 u I r' . !. Aiibrey, .Mather :, i. • ll.y-. Fltzpalrlck~ ,;.-.;, ;::T'hof.be, Fo.ster ..... . fP^'gffy ,}5lni|)Hon ;..i,liHiei>hine Brown ;. .'lielen Trenliol ..... .•.. J« ne. St.erl iriB .SleitUen,..Ke>--.\ppk>by ..Xrtliiic -tjOulil-Porter- Rev. Kdiiiwa OylhKton,..;., .J'hrilp 'i'ohpc Sir BfrUelt-y ■;NiBbl'lnKale. .Krkriciit '.Comptvh' Tra vjpr.>).......,;....,, Willlnm. P;«-Ui»r 'Pop'; . ....., ; ,. .;,;:;,;•,.. ..;-. ..IJitry .M<:<'vilry ■Old L'ruii»|»'........ Borti anl a'answclj JOykNEYMAN brhmn;' in three acts (live hcoivoh),;. .Pi'c- aenieil' by ^niii' U.vrd. .Adapted by .Ml'r'i^ft Hayes- and I.eon' Alexander fniin. noviH; .by Brokine CaldweM... Staged by f aldwrU .;inil, J Kdward Shu^.ue. ; Settings. Nut- K'.ir-: son. . At;; the Fultorti. N* ;X.k J«n; :J1>.' NW. $3.;i.u-.'.t(iiK Clny:' 'Hoi:ey..'., .■.■.'4 '.•.Itaymohd .-rVHn .S.U'U1<?. Perio- JHorey;..';;.....i .,> .■.Hugeivia': l{H.wr(*; Simmon - Dye.:. ..*..;'.•. i-.':,-.. . . . .WU • lii'er .Siiftar . V... i i... .A..;..: ..Helen ("ill ter Tom; Rhodiea.; , .yUHvivn .lyenned>> Xiorene. .•'«.'.i;vt'.'... .....Rulh Abbott Hanl.v ....;.... .'. .Frank ' AVilson A'earl ....;..*.....;.. . . ;Toininle ll'tki'r nrilpli. ;..,;...;.',;. ilSeo.. :<>llvei- Ta.vlm- Pete ....,.;.V.....,...Johh 0->*h(i"Bhnfssy Yi'i'ck -:;.... . ...;.,. .,•.:;.;-..; ;.l>.i(vl,d.-(.'liiVko, Fanny's)- Ijlttle Girl;-.-.-.-i. .-i-.Slilrley .-l'niriefr Ppo'file-In the: Revival .StenfrrTHoptft ;"V\'(ive. Helen , . .Dorlch.,. Lilly .• Winton.: •' Morsel I*; nutferi .AKnes;ive.s; Frahlo PhUllp.s, D.or(»T, tlix jBrackett,. Charles Gordon, Eiuei ln Carni)be».;. - • - -;--.;'- -;.. V . ■ .Moderately' successful will 'te this; British.- importation,, vthat recbxmts., a simple, ; ;seritiniental, story: WOveh around a. housemaster in: an English boys'-school;:.■;,-. ^ ;. , Comedy , is good; and piresents a readily' understahdable full ioctis of British . schoolboyihg, with Its ;ti-a ditions, classrties, inter-hpuse re gattas and all the other ; treasured aspects; on which the' English pride thernselves.■;: ,:; ;■ -:.■.;: Frederick/Leister :came; over: from London (where he did the play for.a year) to handle the leaid rblie excel- lently. He's, cast; as a middle-aged, kindly housemaster,;. isympathetic portrayal, -Things are rolling .;alohg with the smoothness; to which he has become acQustpmed' during ;his long service, wheh a fjcmme friend: shows up with three, daughters of Her late sister..; They Settle, down with' the teachei:; and before long;the ;whple institution is in ;a tiurmoil; One pf the girls starts a. rbmance with a: shy :inusie prbf^ ahbther -in her late ;'teens heaves, the heairt of mb.st of .the stlidentrbbdy. Tne third, and an: integral part in . the: scheine of- the comedy, up.sets the even tenor of the ;schopl life by playing all .the pranks that only : a. 13-year-yo'ung can. .. .;■; ' ' ' ■ Teacher nearly ; meets ruination and :clismissal f rorn..- the Marbledowh Schbol after the girls get: loose. y/induD.: however, oils the •watiers: with; the prof biecbminjg; headmaister one of the girl.s planning marriage and hts triendS, who .brought the mlschier-itiaUei'Sj resuming a - dis^ " *: , m" m ■ • \ the theatrical world 16 T'h'^ewir j..c.«.l ::-A'«f y;l •.q».:r ■ StlU G^rrying piv U t radition 0^1, Mjille fr the lead irig niaker of ; costume^ charact^andGar^ •'■ • 1 5 5 2 II rda<il wiiy ■ ) ONCE IS ENOUGH New Haven, Jan. 27. r<i<tn>i1v*drnma iii three acta by-Fi'ede.rwk r.i»nndaie; -SlHva Ina t'lalre. SJettlnff, lUy- iiiiiiHl- i'ovey.' • SiaRed and . preaented by r.llbert Miller at Shubert, New Haven,, Jan. iT, '37; top,.' ■' -: .v -. ' " :- .krio I Mndoti,.. v, .V.... * *..,. .John \yillli\m8 .Morion .......,...V.., .■'..,v,,Lewis -UBytpn Lady Plyiitie :(l'Ji)rotby)... .Mar<;aret yyner liord Itayne (HoKKle).;;... i AirMbrtld IWtly 1,or(l WliKebrtll UluB»). > > • • •. -Walter Plera Lady- WbUeltall (Molly)..,.;.:.. . Nancy Ityun liora- Plyniio (Arohle). ;,. Wilfrid: beaBraiii i.Rdv. BHitohley (Emily)• • • 1. .Rosalind Ivnii ;i)u<hes8 of Hampshire (Nancy);,Ina CMtre P*ul i......:........ .Auatin Trevor OhiirleM Ploy.d'fll...... . ....... .Eric CQWliiy Uuke ot .Wiuiipshlre'.'tJohn'ny) ' ...- ■.'■■' . - •HubK Williams r.lx rii-ydcU..-,.. ;. . . VIolit Keais .V- Fi>i>tiii«i> ......... • ■.' • ■ • ,'.««y KlnSHfor* characters. Pace of .act; one, hovv- ever, ; is. hot. m'atche;(ii:.by fpllovving stanias,; Curtain lines are ineffectual and there isn't a sock to a single sit-i Uiatioii,' Raymond Sovey's .drawing room setting is ftrst rate.. : Bou^'. JUNE NIGHT ■'V:-' --'^. •'■■v';'Phiiaclelphia,: Feb.-,'!/ Play, l.n .Uireo aot-s by .iCpny(MV .Nicholson, Dlreclod-.Uy .■Nfi:lu»lsi»n Kri^l. liuul!* .m; .Siin&.n.. .Settlnif.s by. Itoy • Huvi^y. I'mduced.by • U6l»^: isrt Rm-ktnoro;• Pi-esented «.t tlie Urlangj^r, New firskine Caldwell show/. is not quite; ;,as bawdy, as *Tobacco Road,' but'- not . a's .easy td 'take.;-^ ;;-ii .deals .with; tiie same kinti of. folk as dbes its ;first cbusin, and; is, alpng.. thie same ;Iines, subjects , in this case be ing GePrgia.crackers.. Though some may see li social; document In this, one, it's only likely tp .. iritei-est ;the morbid or the curious. -With ■ a cast of ;:12,. .hut;is low,: but only extrabrdl nary exploitation can sa'vie it frpm.a quick Irijp to the warehouse..'; ;•; This; bhe deals With the week-end activities pf; an itirieraht preichef ampng ■ sPuthern poor.', .whites, ' with .Will Geer. in: the .principal.; role, of, the lay piarsbh. eharacterizatibris arie excellent, but the. play: cannot be classed 'as entertainment: .and it. pbvipusly; ..has .no picture .interesif. It: is .intehsely , unpleasant through- out; ' It's strictly the . Caldwell: formula of: stark. realism :abbut an- other set of :]>Pbr, ighoraht: agricul-: tural whites. Charlatan, pastbr arrives' at Clay Horey's farm and bullies an invita- tion from the latter.. Proceeding to make himself at home, he. displays a fondness for corn likker, and a more than passing intcfrest in all the women around the place. These in-r elude - nbt only his. host's, past and present wives; but the colored help as well. •. After; ai prbfltable Satur- day, in the course of which Seniori Dye has wrought havoc in Horey's domestic life, : won his ' wife's- trinkets,;his car, and tb top it all his .wife, with a pair of gimnriicked dic6, he gives an exhibitionist ser- mon: in the local schoolhouse thie next, day; "This scetie is excitingly done with the congregation giving, a good picture of what happens at a Holy Rollers' meeting. Climax is the curtain, with Lorene, Hbrey:'s first; wife,;trbuncing Dye. when hLs efforts 'to: have her get religion a.re Unavail- iiigv -Last scene has a wieak endim^ after thie lay parson Icavc-s. with Horey's car. ' :'■.;';-" - '::, .;■;.'■ Geer:: (dominates: the performance, just as does Jeeter Lester in 'Tobacco ;.Rbad.' He gives a vivid and color'fiil impersPnatio.ri.pf the; vagrant rriin;i.s- tei',. .which tends tp. becomie rnpn'oto- nousi however, dUe. to.: its . e.'tf.remc length. Actor left, cast ■ of 'Mice and Men'' to play this. role. ; . V ' Rest bf the ca.st .give\gp6d pei'I'orm- ances. 'Raymond-Sickle a."^^the :rrtrtri<^ is excellent, and Eugenia IVavM,. hi:; stupid childlike wife, Charl;»;v KfiM- nedy,. CRuth- Abbott /and :th(!: Negro performers,:Helen Carl';r \%tn\ Frarilc;Wilson,;'all disp.D.sVi of Ihirii- i.o 1 cs;; a bly. Sets by Nii.t, K ri r: to f i. ;i vi \ ertniitieritly. satisfactory. : 'this is Byrd'.s .second ninjjraBpro- ducing, : first having im'ii: ■ WhiU* Man,* which folded f<iii<'k)y. Ifc f»r"i - tinues ; in the role of Ciirh-y in 'Of j Mice and Men.' After a lapse; of seven years from the play Writing scene,; Frederick Lonsdale reached down into the bag, came ;iip with Ehglish-drawing- robntrpiot-numbfer-threes dressed • it with few (tbo few) snappy lines and handed it over to Gilbert Miller tb: pla<;e on a stage. The Miller half of the combo is more sjiiccessful in the transaction than the Lonajale half,. fPr production easily piitweighs the 'play,,:' Latter; lacks action^ ; the audience is always two jtirhps aihead of the actors. Title lays itself open to fast cracks from crix aiid, as far .as ; Broadway drama : recorders are concerned, title may:b^, labe,lled ;prb- phetic., ;.-, ■- ■■•..■"■,■: ■;■: -; '■ ,A lot can happen (and Irt. this ,case it: will need to) between a hinterland try out arid a Broady^ay opening, but it's questionable if 'Once' can be built into tbp-Aight entertainment, even with doctoring, .Plot is stailer than yesterday's beer and .play's only hope 1 ies in addition bf bright lines. What clever dialog there iSi; is jiist that-^ citevei-^but tKere'si'haff^ it' to carry: three acts. Deficiency in -writing , leaves a ;capabl(e cast; grpp- ing for something to do' with; their -talerits, ;-■' ■;• '■"] ■ •" \ .V': It's decidedly a woman's play and :will probably get a lair response from that quarter. Fbr;pix; there's nothing. aS plot is mainly concerned with adultery. It's a broad slap at British; nobility, from the morality angle, at least. \\ ;. -."■ V If would seem . that the author could /have thought up a more orig- inal story bver a seven-year period. It's the fatniliar plot of the faithful husband, about to be snared by . a beguiling .woman; who is. brought to his senses by. a wife; wis$ enough to know what will happen when; she Virtually tosses; hiih/ to the vamp. Everything r.tinS true. to form, in- cluding the sophisticated dialog; be- tween thie wife and the charmeV.. •■■ ;Johnny arid Nancy are a happy couple; with moral/standards on a higher plane than is adhered ; to -by. their circle of friends. ;Then Johnny thinks he is becoming bored and /takes .tip with Liz, youiig matron who has wearied of her: iegihg spouse, it's all/ against; Johnny's better, judgment and he tries to break off the affair by having Liz gb bii a tbur. She agrees to go to: South Africa, figuring the lure will ;be so, great, thrbugh ab- sence,' that Johrirty .will follow . her and divorce Nancy. Johnny. - de- cides to gb with her without telling Nancy; but . when Liz / learns that Nancy rwbnH - divorce Jbhhny; -she ' loses enthusiasm in the idea. Nancy practically throws her husband at Liz and the natural reaction follows. Johnny Calls off' the trii) -with'Liz, begs Nancy's forgiveness and settles down again at his own fireside. , Production is well cast, with - Ina Claire. offering/ more meait than her role carries. It is almost a waste: of talent, the part being one that prac- ti(:ally any , capable "actress could easily handle. 'Viola Keats is effec- tive, as the horfiebreaking menace and Hugh Williams pleases as the jelly- Rsh husband;/ who wavers between the two women. Excellent work is turned in by/Archibald Batty, John Williams;. Eric; Cowley, Austin Trevor and Marget Vyner. Miller's staging is up to'standard. He. (jets the play a\yay to a fist start, losing little tim;<i after establishing Jan, .11, 'as. -Ul'liu'llanlx.', i.;..... Cimtjunl?!..;;;... IIUBZ Johnsu'n'..',. .:;. Win lie Id .Sioul . . .:. . Homer DIU. ArleniB Ho(>i>ei-.,;;; Wallace 'Titiajiia n..;. G rover Pa s t on i. ;■.'J KKoda;-Carver. .Leonard Korr; rranres HlRlit; .Ijloyd Pedrick; Irnia;.;I.iiPBHi.-.'.; t'lAude Swni;; . Alvin Mouni .V. Fe.rh Voo'rhees 'Hajrvey I.^odlne; ;. .MItia Span'fclemauV.'.. I.oonii Sklll'r^iRM.;;..', intlH.^Klllman.;:..., I>o;ra-' Roiich..'..:,''.-.; Marvin. Kiniicy.;.'.-. Blanche.. Hendrleks, Kn i-l ;li(ind rlcUs. -.;,, Reba Clark. . ...;; ,; Ruth Tiiliof........, Roy Til nil.; 'Jewel /ttendrloks'.;.: Kobiw MorKiiii :.■. .'.",. Aibie;Kiini» .•■,;;.,.,'.; -Midge Opilyktl'.;..,. .Art . Mariiiitii^..;; ,,,; ......,........ Marie - liun t. ■,;...V.;.:. JilhwPre'apott ;'. . . .,., Kd wiu'd . l)o.wn(»a. .',. .,:;... Alfred Aliiertflc^ .. i;..... ..'? ;Tpm Nenl■ ,i,-;<.'6.rKella K\y .; ;..;;;': . .(,>lies' Kellti);); ....,.;.;.('tinrles Mend'ipic, . .>. •. i . i'-r.., (teor'isa n n a- Cook '.•'*.;..,V..Anthony ..D'wyer ; i;..,..-'.OitiViliy Illnkley.- .........,;. Warrisn Bi-y.in ' . .'..'.,..,..<,.....;,' ;.T'o . SicKim - iKolrmnir liewi.s- - ., .11o\v«U'U. Arthur ■ . ,'..-Marlnh tjeach.. .. .l?.-»vi<l Wayhd , ..... Mary ..BoyIjiu'v ■ ....OilII De Hurt ., . ,; .At'UnftoIrtt ,.;... June Cu'rils, • i. M>'ll>ourne. p'ord. .. Uui'bHrii-\Bi'tiwti.' ..; .Kred "Iforrlok : l>orlM T)ona.ldH(iii'' ;.,;..;.Terry l''iiy ' .t'iioylor SlrnUon .....Sylvia Weld .,■.'. ..Ray JParker. ,Ri.>r>.e«i'l ' Mi.iyors , ;., . '.' BoU.y .. M.o.rini' :■, i.... i:>o.M lioA^'a.n: Kenyon Nicholsbh's latest, which was disclosed here, at .the Erlangei- last night; doesn'tr attempt tp repeat thebawdinesis : and lusty//hilarity; bf; 'Sailot* Beware.V In mpbd, it/may be said'to resieinble more the same aU- tbpr's.:earUer,::l'liie.3ark^i^rThe. n^^ piece has a number' of admirabie ■ riiral iphafacterir.atibns, inuch - easy and ■ infectious dialogue and ..some neat comedy, but ohp thing, that looks obVipUs . is. that/Nicholson; will have to change his ending which, as seen last night, was -stark tragedy. / ; The audience' resiented this, largely because they had grbw^^ the characters, most of whom were spori- taneous young people, out fbr a good/ time- on a ;SatUrday' night at the Dansant, a country suinnrier dance: hall. :\s--- ■ However,/ to get back to the Unex- pectedly brutal tragedy of the end; Leading character in -June Night' is one Hobie: Morgan, a. young native: garage .man of/ gopd intentions, but a . flery. temper, who / has . jUst re- turned frbm a jail sentence, for shoot- ing a guy full of buckshot. Ih his absencie the same giay^ rich, but gen- erally disliked, has. chiseled in on HPbie's girl. Hence, bn. this June night all the ybiing people who came tpi the Dansant were looking forward to'<«)me fireworks. A" certain amount of brooding 11 not of actual tragedy crops up in the first; scene of the last act. The :Cr.pwd is/==^t'nais.tent;.ort a fight.arid as the other suito/: is at heart a cow- ard,: he; oWtaihs a pair of brass knuckles. .. Hobie pulls his punches- as much as. possible, but a cowardly clip frbtn behind with the:knuckles, makes him see ried; he takes a wal- lop; the bther boy falls, hits his head against a car:-fender;and is killed. All bf which makes: it look as if. Hobie . (Continued on page 60) Mgt.: LOU CLAYTON Columbia Studio,-. H'wbpd. Tealers' Bbw-Me-Downs / V if: / . - ' : / .:':'_/' ;,-' - ■ :A'nt/;»ui'»:./''"Ii/ j;\: :| ; !:/*<.:'.(•(,♦; hJi/h. '//»/?'}«■ .,ljl»'7.; 'I'jy/M. ! /;y'l^>^'■Jii<^i'4'fr^'^ I'l/jtij »<•;..•;•' - ,->;;7v )<'••'',:'T*'/;.rv .' v';'/ '.''' ': ■-;: j j' V' y:yiv^\. 't^'i-*',r '^^ 7'•: Wishes to express his thanks to everybody for • their kind wishes and co-operation ST. IAMES theatre. New Vork