Mantle's Difficult Pick Of New York Ten Best Plays
The essayist selects ten top New York plays from a pool of about 130, including Anna Christie and A Bill of Divorcement, weighing authorship, road show appeal, and the influence of star power. He praises Chicago for Ladies Night and notes the challenge of judging a season’s best while balancing quality, popularity, and enduring dramatic merit.
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Mantle
New York
Hia
Iiss
Enterprise
Creemer
Lryton
Chicago Polis
Chicago
Grinte Christie
Vate “Lightnin
Frank Bacon
Ater
Eugene O'Neill
Anna Christie
Paintine Lord
George Marlon
Frank Shannon
Selec
Clemence Dane
Somerset Maug
Mail Clerk Held Under One Thousand Dollar Bond
Joseph Bertiaume a Stamford resident, 40, was arraigned before U S Commissioner Hush J Lan'ery on charges of extracting money. Bound over to the next U S District Court term under $1,000 bond. Inspectors testified Bertiaume, a railway mail clerk between Stamford and New York, tampered with mail and used marked money from a nine dollar package. Three dollars remained in the letter when it reached Greenwich, six dollars found on Bertiaume.
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Joseph Bertiaume
Stamford
United States
Hush J. Lan‘ery
U.S District Court
U. S
New York
Bertlaume
Greenwich
Amusements Polls and Hollywood Onstage Promise
The piece notes upcoming shows at Pall Mall Theatre featuring William de Mille’s Bought and Paid For with Agnes Ayres and Jack Holt and the serial With Stanley in Africa. It reviews vaudeville acts at Greenwich Villagers and Back Payht, plus The Call of Home flood drama, while reflecting on Broadway acting prospects and career volatility for aspiring performers. It highlights Gallagher and Shean’s rise from vaudeville to high salaries under Ziegfeld, suggesting era humor and caution about stage life.
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George Broadhursta
William de Mule Serge
Pall'y Theatre
William de Mille
Paramount
Agnes Ayres
Jack Holt
Stanley
Africa
Greenwich
Bridgeport
Wwe
Gallagher
Shean
Mr. Siegfield
Mr. Gallagher
Mr. Shean
Eddie Poy
Bryan
Vaudevile
Gallagher-Shean
Ziegfeld
The.py
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For
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Ham
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Paw
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Dover Road
Ae ‘al Mine
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Daley
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Marc Connolly
Brand
Arthur Richman
America
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Mr. Milne
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O'Neill
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FOX News
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Wallace Reid
Genevieve Blinn
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Barrows
Carl Stockdale
Emmett King
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Aion
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