RARE March 1933 The Stage magazine with Lynn Fontanne cover by F. E. Wallace

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RARE The Stage March 1933 with cover of Lynn Fontanne by F. E. Wallace. FEATURES on A Playgoer‘s After Thoughts on “Alien Corn” by Sidney Howard with Katherine Cornell, we admired Miss Cornell for trying so hard, story not absorbing with Cornell; scene;  “Face the Music” the meatiest musical entertainment in years; Arthur Hopkins‘ “Conquest”
With modern day Mrs. Hamlet,  portrayed in scene by Judith Anderson in a thankless role; Edith Evans in “Evensong”…Evbans regarded as England’s finest living actress, in “Evensong” in second America visit…important documentation of a prima donna slipping toward old age; it was the acting of Evans that mattered, not the play; glittering “Dinner at Eight,” “Take A Chance” rowdy music; “Alice In Wonderland” whimsies, raucous and tawdry “20th Century,” She Stood in Tears on “Alien Corn” with 3 scene featuring Katharine Cornell, Luther Adler, Chas Brown, James Rennie…by Sidney Howard; Rebels All, these Yankees! On “American Dream” with  2 photos each  of Doug Montgomery, Gale Sondergaard…by George O’Neil…Phil Moeller has directed this vitality well, shot through at times with the beauty of poetry;  Three Generation in tune on Sigmund Romberg’s “Melody” a musical romance of Paris high life…praise for Chas LeMaire’s period costuming, less credit to Joseph Urban’s settings; a competent score though hardly spontaneous…with 6 Remie Lohse photographed scenes; one with Evelyn Herbert; Design for Acting by editor Hiram Motherwell with 7 Galbraith sketches; Character Acting of Acid Sharpness with photos of Eleanor Phelps and Blaine Cordner; Ralph Theadore; Chas La Torre; Grace Mills, Frank Wilson, Katherine Emmett; Tom Tracy; Wm Ingersoll; Carol Ashburn; Pierre Watkin; Mildred Baker; Greg Deane; Juliana Taberna and Berb Rudley; Harry Bellaver; Dave Leonard; Maurice Wells; Geo. Christie; Burr Caruth; Mirror Up to Human Nature, 1933 by Editor Hiram Motherwell; Theatre Asides on 5 paragraphs on Elmer Rice; 5 paragraphs on Francis Robinson Duff; 4 paragraphs on eith Evans; 3 paragraphs on John Griffen; plus Elton Kelley Geo Rice sketch and another sketch; Rehearsal for Spring What the Well-Dressed Play is Wearing with photos of Lynn Fontanne, Lyda Roberti, Jane Wyatt, hairdos of Sally Bates, Lily Chaill; mentions of Josephine Hutchinson, Jeanne Aubert, Mildred Parisette, Evelyn Herbert, Phyllis Connard, Katherine Alexander; The Maddest of All Gambles: Producing Plays  with sketch; The Understudy: Poor Thing with photos of Flo Chumbecos; Art Chatterton, Vic Moore, Ruth Weston, Helen Walpole, Al Downing, Ann Barrie, Mary Stuart, Ethel Intropodi, Richard Barrows; Noel Coward: Playwright, actor, composer, director, producer, singer, dancer, town wit…with Burnbaum sketch of Coward; Havana or Tow Dollars top by Lawrence Langner with sketch; Where all the World’s A Stage on theatrical German Cities with photo of Herr Nusch of Rothenburg drinking from tankard; German Folk Festival; Mostly About Russian Films;
Metropolitandammerung;
THE CURTAIN IS UP brief descriptions and some cast for “Alien Corn“ with Katharine Cornell; “Alice in Wonderland“ starring Josephine Hutchinson; “Autumn Crocus“ with Francis Lederer; “Biography” featuring Ina Claire; “Dangerous Corner” directed by Elsa Lazareff; “Dinner at Eight” by Geo Kaufman and Edna Ferber; “Design for Living” by Noel coward with Lynn Fontanne; “Goodbye Again” “Honeymoon” with Katherine Alexander; “Pigeons and People” by Cohan; “The Late Christopher Bean” starring  Pauline Lord; “The Monster” by Crane Wilbur with De Wolf Hopper; :Twentieth Century” by Ben Hechty, and Chas MacArthur with Eugenie Leontovich; “We, the People” by Elmer Rice; “When Ladies Meet”
By Rachel Crothers, featuring Frieda Inescourt, Spring Byington; “Face the Music” by Irving Berlin, Moss Hart; “Flying colors” with Clifton Webb; “Gay Divorce” starring Fred Astaire; “Melody” “Music in the Air” “Pardon My English” with Lyda Roberti; “Take A Chance” “Walk A Little Faster” by S. J. Perelmam with Beatrice Lillie;
FULL PAGE PHOTOS of Gertrude Lawrence by Tanqueray London; page with 3 “Take A Chance” dance scenes by Remie Lohse;
PHOTOS of Gregory d’ Alessio New York at night sketch; Hope Williams; sultry Tallulah Bankhead in “Forsaking all Others,” Peggy Wood in “A Saturday Night” Jack Pearl and Cliff Hall in “Pardon My English,’ Helen Hayes iin “the White Sister,”
DINING Before the Play and Dancing After  Section with mentions of ;
FULL PAGE ADS: Saalburg French street illus. French Line; Liner Majestic illus. White Star  Line; Richard Hudnut Shop and Salon; Cadillac; Bremen and Europa ships illus. by Steele Savage for  North German Lloyd;
ADS for Wagner Year  German Tourist Office; Jay-Thorpe; Hotel Pieer with photo; Grande Maison de Blanc; New Yorker; The Plaza with photo; Margery Wilson with photo;
CONDITION: COMPLETE 50 pages filled with early stage, theatre production, industry history, actors, actresses, playwrights, etc. . From bound volume therefore no back cover, bare spine, pencil note  on cover, restapled. Nice condition inside.