RARE May 1929 Theatre Magazine w Ona Munson cover by Carl Noble

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RARE May 1929 THEATRE Magazine with color cover of Ona Munson by Carl Noble. FEATURES on Charming Alsace-Lorraine with p2 photos of Strasbourg, Vielle Porte Boersch; Books About the Theatre on books of Isadora Duncan, Sir John Irvine, Arthur Hobson, Ramsden Balmforth;
Today’s Theatre Should Profit by Its Past Glories by Wm Brady with Brady photo; Famous First Nights by Joseph Kaye on “Sapho” starring Olga Nethersole with photos of Olga Nethersole as Magda Nethersole as Fannie LeGrand, Olga Nethersole photo; scene from “Sapho” with Nethersole;
How It Feels to Bean Actor by Donald Ogden Stewart with Stewart photo; Speed Mania the Curse of Modern Drama by Blanche Yurka with Yurka photo; The Boiggest Show in Paris by Honore St. Simon Scribe with photos of Paris Opera House interior, Paris Opera House balcony; French President M. Doumergue; Francis Bernard modernistic French poster; The Ravaging Bucolic “It” by Benjamin De Casseres with Clasrence Biers sketch; “Kibitzer” by Jo Swerling and Edward G. Robinson with 2 scenes and Stow Wengenroth sketch of Robinson, starring Edward G. Robinson, Jeanne Greene and others; Why I Welcome Talking Pictures by Richard Dix with Dix photo; The Fascination of the Monologue by Emanuel Eisenberg; Putting Hoboken on the Theatrical Map by Cleon Throckmorton with Wynn Holcombe sketch of Throckmorton on Chris Morely and Milliken; HEARD ON BROADWAY by Sid Skolsky items on Rouben Mamoulian to direct talking pictures; Geo Gershwin and Paul Whiteman on each other’s success; major producers offices; Editorial on Crashing the Stage Door on Actor’s Equity; Gaities and Gravities by Ada Patterson items on Mart Desti , Isadora Duncan and Preston Sturgis writing “Passion Preferred,” Edward G. Robinson on origin of “Kibitzer,” Ellis Baker, daughter of Frank Baker, niece of Edward Ellis; John Seymour son of Wm Seymour, Fanny Davenport’s nephew; Sylvia Field revealed in Willard Mack’s “Hunted,” Sylvia Sidney acclaimed in Maxwell Anderson’s “Gods of the Lightning,”
Wm Faversham revising memoirs; The Broadway Playwright in Hollywood by Geo Abbott with Abbott photo; The Amateru Satge by M. E. Kehoe with scene from Dallas Little Theatre; Jim Crow Dons the Buskin by Evelyn Miller Pierce with scene from “the Devil in the Cheese” directed by Stanford’s Gordon Davis; THE NEW YORK MODE with photos of Mary Kennedy, Miss Etting, 4 of Erin O’Brien Moore; 4 of Vera Teasdale;
The Vanity Box on Katharine Cornell; the Children’s Theatre in Russia by Jessie Lloyd with 2 photos;
FULL PAGE PHOTOS of Lillian Taiz by Goldberg; Minna Gombell by Vandamm; Bert Lytell by Goldbeg; Cortez and Peggy dancing in “Boom Boom,” Nydia Westman by Pinchot; page with Don Freeman sketches of Shaw and Lee, Phil Baker, John Humphrey Muldowney, Jack Pearl all in “Pleasure Bound,” Vilma Banky; Harald Kreutzberg; sultry Eve Sothern by Tiffant Studios; “Thje Squall” scene with Myrna Loy by Dean Carsey;
PHOTOS of water color by Gratiene de Gardilanne and Elisabeth W. Moffatt; Zelma O’Neill; Dorothy Knapp; Harry Losee; Doris Humphrey; Victor Chenkin; Elsa Lahman; Belle Didjah; Valentina Koshuba; Betty Brosnson; 3 of Davey Lee; Ernest Glenndinning with 6 lines of text; Sid Toler with 5 lines of text; luncheon with Dudley Digges, Leon Errol, Hal Forde, Chas Winninger, Al Dinehart, Harold Bonwit, Jack Hazzard, Tom Powers, Maurice Chevalier, Eliott Odell, General Kincaid, Stan Resor, P. de Malgaive, Gil Hodges, Ernest Glenndinning, Walt Woolf, Wallis Howe, Jr., Grant Mitchell, Janet Beecher, Erin O’Brien-Moore, Clairborne Foster, Otis Skinner as Guest of Honor, Mary Young, Lucille La Verne, Paul Meyer, Earle Townsend, President of Magazine Club; “Captain Stanhope” scene with Sydney Seaward, Colin Keith-Johnston; Basil Sydney and Mary Ellis in “Meet the Prince,” “Black Belt” scene at Apollo theatre; Rosa Ponselle; Harold Samuel; Alex Gretchaninoff; Paul Althouse; Josef Lhevinne; Helen Baxter; Frank Hugh; pretty Jane Manners; Spencer Tracy; Charlotte Granville; Jeanne Greene and Rob Cavanaugh;
THE EDITOR GOES TO THE PLAY on “Dynamo” by Eugene O’Neill, staged by Phil Moeller at Martin Beck…to provoke discussion rather that to entertain but failed in its purpose…nothing that is fresh…Glenn Anders carrying the biggest burden; also with Helen Westley, Geo Gaul, Dudley Digges, Catherine Calhoun Doucet, Claudette Colbert, Edgar Kent; “Indiscretion” by Myron Fagan at Mansfield…Minna Gombell made the audience yell with delight; “The Black Crook” by Chas Barras at Lyric Hoboken…pretentious production…compliments to Byron Hatfield and Eunice Howard; “Conflict” by Warren Lawrence at Fulton…departed soon after premiere…despite highly capable cast including Edward Arnold, Geo Meeker, Peg Allenby, Spencer Tracy, and more; “Harlem” by Wm Jourdan Rapp and Wallace Thurman, staged by Chester Erskin at Apollo…too vivid picture of unmorality…nest performances by Isabell Washington, Lew Payton, and Inez Clough; “Buckaroo” by A. W. and E.L. Barker and Chas Beeham, presented by Mr. Mac Fadden at Erlanger…Ruth Easton ingenious…Nydia Westman has a force…Clyde Dilson plays with skill…Ethel McConnell courage as knife-thrower partner; “Spring Is Here” by Owne Davis, music by Rogers and Hart at Alvin Theatre…glory of high leaps, slapstick and broad jumps…Lillian Taiz pleasing, well-trained voice…Inez Courtney subtle sense of humor…Chas Ruggles much better than his part permits…Joyce Barbour charming actress…Glenn Hunter capable young actor; “Boom Boom” by Fanny Todd Mitchell at Casino…
maintains a rapid pace…Harry Welsh responsible for many laughs…Frank McIntyre in genial role…Cortez and Peggy delightful;
FULL PAGE ADS for back cover color illus. Camel; inside back cover Mary Nash for Orchidew; inside front cover color illus. Crane Fixtures; bird illus. Saks-Fifth Avenue; flying duck and ship illus. White Star Line; Le Touquet with 4 photos including polo playing, golf, steeple chase, path horseback riding; color illus. Gillette; Mauboussin; illus. AT&T; Caron Bellodgia; Lernun illus. R&T Silks; Mary Lawlor for Lux Toilet Soap; Listerine; color James Monroe illu. Packard; 2 page Captain George Field of “S.S. America” and ship illus. Lucky Strike; Ona Munson for Melachrino Cigarettes;
ADS for Detroit & Cleveland Navigation; Cunard Line; The Cambridge; Alsace and Lorraine with photos of Colmar, Birthplace of Bartholdi, Metz castle, Strasbourg, Obernai Corn Market; Monngue illus. French Line; model for Snuggleband Underthings; Marjorie White for C. C. Shayne; Godwin illus. National City; Hartmann Trunks; illus. Roger & Gallet;
Fish illus. Murad; Madge Kennedy for Brambach Baby Grand, Kotex; Kleenix; Savoy-Plaza;
CONDITION: COMPLETE 82 pages filled with early stage, theatre, motion picture productions, actors, actresses, producers, authors, industry news. Was part of bound volume, therefore bare spine, restapled, Nice condition inside.