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THE ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—November 14. 1931
B ro a d w a y P u ts T a b o o on
S h o w B oasting H o t H o u se
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“ Fani a m i l’HriotiM**
H ad M an y Star«
T r a in e d in
Schools. Im i F a ile d
( on tin usd fro m p age 4
’’A f r i c a n ! h a v e much in c o n . m o n with
H e d ressed m e c h a n ic a lly a n d w e n t, ua a a «11 a n d ««adorn a i p r t a a e d In i h o l r
I t U t lm « fo r
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c u t In to th e d a rk n e ss A figure fo l-j p r o ve r b« an©«
a « a jr f r o m t h a n o t i o n m a t lh « y
low ed h in t o u t of th e dour He tu r n e d
a r t In a n i n fe r io r a n d b a r b a r i c a ta to .
I t w as H a rt.
fn m o r e t h a n u n a u m i . • « A m e ri c a n «
a r t I m i c l v i L / e d a n d m o r« b a r b a r t o
"W ell." fie sa id , w ith a s o rt of
sn e e r, " how * th e ric h m a n th is ev e- i t h a n t h e y . ” —C J B E N D E R
In Uie n e ig h b o rh o o d of a n oil p a lm
n ln g , h u h ? "
you II n o t be laid ¡ 0 »
O c t too cloaa
" W h a t do you m e a n ? " B a rn e y » a s to a w ine p a lm , a n d y o u ’ll be laid
pu axled
low ( t h a t la to say. g e t d r u n k , o p
"A th o u s a n d bu ck s a ln t a little p o rtu n ity b.-gets te m p ta tio n !.
m oney "
" W h a t? "
"I m e an . It's n o w onder t h a t kick
w as so te rrib le ,"
"I d o n ’t g et you "
HUently H a r t pulled a s c r a p of
p a p e r from h is s h i r t pocket. "Y ou
d ro p p ed It." he e x p la in e d , "o n th e
gym floor
N obody else b a s seen
I t—yet."
B a rn e y look th e p a p e r In to th e
lig h t s n d re a d It
" B a r n e y ;" —I t w as E llis s n o te —
" T lie o tte r still sta n d : if you w an t
to ta k e m e u p o n It O n e th o u sa n d
b e rrie s for you, If L in co ln w ins."
S L O A N ’ *,
I s p e i im entation
Costly
in!
S h o w Business, Both Wliite
and
Colored
Producers
rn en t
iT ti b r
Agree.
Ita* B ro ad w ay p u t Its ta b o o on h o t - «
h o u se perl* r m e r s i T h is th e o ry w as
p ro v ed by th e su d d e n d em ise of F a st
a n d F u rio u s. '* w h ich folded In less
Ilia n n week a lth o u g h It b o asted of u 1
h o s t of clev er a c tre ss e s fre s h from I
(lie b est c o n se rv a to rie s
In th e cast we And such b r illia n t [
college tr a in e d a r tis t* a s E tta M oten.
a J u n e g r a d u a te fro m live U n iv ersity
of K a n s a s . D in a O u y , a p u p il of R u th
HI D en is. R uby Klry. a g r a d u a te of
R u st Col lege a n d th e O h io H lale U n i
v ersity , a n d a n u m b e r of o th e rs
On
tlie w ritin g en d it h a d b o th M in g s an d
s k r t i h e a by th e p ro m lain g young
« n i f i , /.o u t N ral H u rsto n . a H ow ard
U n iv e rsity p ro d u c t
Tin* tito » ev en » f l i t h ig h brow a n d
niiioiiK o th e r t h i n g ' h ail -» tire on th e
classic*. o n e ol w h ich w as S h a k e
spear«*'» M a c b e th ." or a t I r a it a* It
w ould h a v e b o rn In te rp re te d by u
book » o ra l' d i n m a tlr ohm
It la I n t r i c i t i n g to n o te th a t the*«
d ro id l'd in n o v a tio n ' Int o se p ia revîtes
« r r r to r t h r m oat |>urt well received 1
llro ad w u v o w n u o o rp trd tlw* nlavlUK
o l Ant m i Mai h ln ' H a v a n a I Irene*,
l i a » lile h M i n d C u b a n rh u m b a i n - I
’ tra il of th e hot Jtlllglr lllllM C UMiell. I
ummk l a t o l w ith co lo red allow*
E x p e rim e n t* C aally
'lile fa ilu re m a y n o t be a ttr ib u te d
to new M at* a* m u c h u* to new uni
t r r la l
l e a 1-rxlle also a tte m p te d to!
e x p e rim e n t w ith » u n ieth lh g new in
allow b u sin e ss, b u t hi* 1 R h a p so d y In
m a r k * > .I a fa ilu re on llro a d w u v a l
th o u g h It I* going stro n g in Ilo sto n
T h e re I* U tile d o u b t t h a t th e colored
rev u e ho* re a c h e d It* p eak a n d th a t
th e r e ha* been to o m u c h sa m e n ) ■ in
i in i hgw i to o.iti
A now p a tte r n I
n ee d e d If o u r fierfo rm e ra a r r to c o n
tin u e to h o ld tlie ir ow n o n tlie big |
s tre e t.
"Hinging th e Hlue* " I» a new e x p e rt-
m e n t. In th e f a c t t h a t It a tte m p t* to
m ix m e lo d ra m a w ith inukloal com edy
Ho fa r It la h o ld in g o n a lth o u g h a
d ra s tic c u t In s a la rie s h a s been r e
porter!
U n til r e c e n tly a n y o n e on llru a d w a y
w ho d o u b te d t h a t th e " tire d bu.Mnrs*
m a n ," a f te r a big d in n e r, w u n trd a n y
th in g else t h a n m u sic, a c o m e d ia n to
la u g h a t. a lot u( w isecracks a n d a
c h o ru s of p r e tty g irls p ra n c in g a ro u n d
In rx |ie n * lv r co stu m e s, b u t th e 1rs»
t h r co stu m e th e b e tte r, w as co n sid ered
c r a /y
A few y e a rs ag o A rth u r H aul
m e rs te ln , w h ite, c le a re d th re e m illion
d o lla rs p ro fit o u t of th e m u sica l.
" R o se -M a rie ." y e t i n l y a lew » c e k s
ago h r doc h ired h im se lf a b a n k ru p t
M r H a m m e ra te ln says
"I still »now how to m ake m o n rv
In m usical*
M ake y our a u d ie n c e s
la u g h a ll you c a n h u t se n d th e m out
c ry in g
The tro u b le W ith m e Is th a t
I d id som e e x p e rim e n tin g , a n d i*x|icrl-
m c iittn g Is n o good In show b usiness."
1-eslio at te m p le d
to e x p e rim e n t
w h e n h e p u t o n h is " I n te r n a tio n a l
R ev u e," w ith n n a ll-w h ite c a s t a f te r
m ak in g a su c cess w ith "B la ck b ird s."
lie also Inst a sm a ll fo rtu n e in th e
v e n tu re a n d w as fo rced lo r e tu r n to
h is firs t love.
H o se f r o m t h e R a n k s
I t Is In te re s tin g to n o te t h a t m o st
of th e rcul su ccessfu l show s t h a t h ave
mad«* good o n B ro ad w ay w ere th o se
h e a d e d by p e rfo rm e rs w ho rose from
th e r a n k s o n p u re a b ility alo n e
III
th is g ro u p we find th e la te F lorence
M ills, A ilelalde H all. Will R obinson.
V aiatila Mnow. M illrr find I.yles a n d
Hlssle a n d B lak e S o m e of th e s e ore
college tr a in e d It Is tr u r , b u t only
t u ig y rn rs of sta g e e x p e rie n c e b ro u g h t
th e m In to th e ir ow n.
R ic h a rd B. H a rris o n m ay be p o in t
ed o u t a s o n e w ho m ad e good upon
h is firs t B ro ad w ay v e n tu re , w ith o u t
p rev io u s p ro fe ssio n a l sta g e ex p erien ce,
b u t H a rris o n w as by n o m e a n s a n o
vice w lisg h e a c c e p te d th e role o f "de
l,a w d " In "T ile O r r e n P a s tu r e s " He
w as by f a r o n e o f tile b est fitte d d r a
m a tic rea d e r* a n d I n te rp r e te r s of th e
race, m id h is ow n b a r n s to rm in g d ay s
se rv ed h im In good s te a d on B ro a d
way.
AFRICANS SAY:
T H E H IN D IS « . F U LL B A C K
c o n tin u e d i
H eadaches
caused
ACID
A c i d i t y h a u n ts it* v v U m like
* shadow . N o ap |> etitr; w h a t y o u
d o eul disag rees, causes flatu le n ce
*nd m ake* y ou sluggish W o rk » an
e flo rt. B efore n ig h t, a h ead ac h e.
M l'S A d elaid e H all (u p p e r l e f t ) .!
w ho m a d e a tu t til "B la c k b ird s ol j
1028." o n ly u fle r *he h u d en jo y e d (
m a n y y e a rs of e x p e rie n c e over th e |
T O I1A a n d w ith sh o w s u n d e r t h e !
» in g of Irv in C M iller. (low er left > |
I-.lhel W a te rs, se en h e re In a pensive
m ood, also h a d c o n s id e ra b le e x p e r- L
len cc in o u r ow n th e a tr e s b efo re she
m a d e u bid for th e p la u d its of B ro a d -
w uy In " A f r ic a n » "
lA b o v el M iss
Illld a H ogers. r r c r n t l y * r e tu rn e d to
A m erica a f t e r a su ccessfu l E u ro p ean
lo u r
M iss R ogers also ta s te d lean
d ay s a s a c h o ru s gtrl o n th e T O B A ■
b efo re sh e b ecam e a E u ro p e a n se n - "
sa tlo n
D o y o n k now w h a t is w ro n g ? An
se n t so a k ed sy s te m ! T o o m a n y
oeiil food* R u t y o u n m l n o t d ie t
v n u r w uy o u t of tin s d iffic u lty ! I ake
it ta b le sp o o n fu l o r tw o of l ’h illi|is'
M ilk of M a g n esia.
F ro m th e h o u r y o u reliev e t h a t
acid C ond itio n \" U will feel like
a n o th e r |a*rson. V .verv sp o o n fu l of
I ’hUlips' M ilk o f M a g n esia will
n e u tra lise m a n y tim e / as m uch acid.
T a k e it w hen sto m al li nexves sre
over st i m u l a t e d t h r e .g h w o rry , or
ex citem en t; w h en e v e ry th in g l a
m en ts in y o u r sto m a c h , an il w aste
m a tte r is |>oisoiung th e b lo o d stre a m
or w h en ev e r th e bow els are clogged.
PHILLIPS'
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“M y C o m p l e x i o n
N e e d s T h i s C ream **
CLEAN
YOUR
SKIN
G r n a i n r B lsc k a n d W h i t e C l e a n s i n g C r e a m
r e a l l y r l e n n s t h e s k i n . It d o e s f a r m o r e
t h a n m e r e l y r l e a n t h e s u r f a c e b e c a u s e it
In s ta n tly p e n e t r a te s deep in to th e p o re s to
r e m o v e a ll i m p u r i t i e s . If a llo w e d t o r e m a i n ,
pim ples, hum p s and o th e r akin b le m ish es
w o u l d fo ll ow . A l a r g e c a n
o f Ill sc k a n d W h i t e C le an s*
i n g ( r e a m is o n l y 25c
y o u r f a v o r i t e d r u g s t o r e o r % --*—-
-g»
to ile t goods c ounter.
Sapi M rt. .{«iron Douglas, beautiful t o t i r t f
t m .tr f *f Harlem.
“ My s k i n Is v e ry s e n s i t i v e t o w in d s n d
w e a t h e r . T h a t ' s w hy I one g e n u i n e l i l s r k
a n d W h i l e I ' e r o i i d e r r e s m d s i l y . It k e e p s
my skin soft, s m o o th s n d fair. K erry w o m a n
a n d g i r l s h o u l d u s e t h i s c r e a m , loo/*
Z
H A V E A F A IR , F L A W '
LESS C O M P L E X IO N
w i th this M ARVELOUS
PEROXIDE CREAM
P R O T E C T IO N i* «he first rule of
com plexion benuly. You ca n ’t neg
lect y o u r sk in fo th e hnroh w inds
of w in te r unless you pn.v a penalty
in coaraeneaa and roughneaH. (Gen
uine lllnck a n d W h ite P e r o x i d e
Cream profecía y o u r akin aa no
o th e r creara can. It conlaina (he
right a m o u n t of peroxide to lighten
an d refine y o u r akin to n e an d in
a d dition ia an ideal p o w d e r hnae.
Y our fnvorite d r u g afore o r toilet
gooda c o u n t e r will aell you a large
j a r of G enuine Black a n d W h ile
P eroxide Cream fo r 25c. It la the
moat econom ical an d effective heau-
ty -in a u ra n ce y o u ca n potodbly buy.
P h illip s' M ilk of M a g n e sia h a s a
g entle, la x a tiv e ac tio n . I t is ev e r
so m u ch b e tte r fo r o n e th a n th e
h arsh im rg a trv es th a t ujw et th e
s l .i n s r i i o r w eaken th e bowel
m uscles
A n t<*cas*onaJ dose of
P h illip s' M ilk of M a g n esia is all
th a t is necessary to av o id th u s«
p en o d ien l a tta c k s of slu g g ish n ess
so a p t to iv c u r w ith a n y p erso n w h o
does n o t g et a g re a t deni of p h y sic al
exercise.
P h illip s' M ilk o i M a g n esia is sold
a t d ru g sto re s e v e ry w h e re in 2Sc
an d .iV b o ttle s. B e s u re to sa y
" P h illip s’ ’’ w hen y o u b u y . T h e n
y o u 're su re of getLvng th e p r o d u c t
th a t d o c to rs p rescrib e.
T h e idcwl d e n tifric e fo r clean
te e th a n d h e a lth y g u m s is I’h ib ip s’
D e n ta l M a g n esia, a su p e rio r to o th
p a s te t h a t s a fe g u a rd s a g a in s t
a c id -m o u th .
H E R E ’S T H E W A Y T O
KEEP YOUR S KI N YOUNG
B o n ’t lot y o u r s k i n s h o w s i g n s o f ag e
a n d m ake you old before y o u r llm r . (!rn-
u i n r B la ck s n d W h i t e Cold C r e a m r e s t o r e s
p r e c i o u s o il s t o t h e s k in , b a n i s h e s w r i n k l e s
a n d ke epn c o m p l e x i o n s y o u t h f u l l y c h a r m
ing. G e n u i n e B la ek a n d W h i t e
C o ld C r e a m Is r i c h a n d f r a
g ra n t and y our fav o rite d rug
s t o r e o r t o ile t g o o d s c o u n t e r
w il l s ell y o u a l a r g e J a r f o r
o n l y Me.
ft
I f y s u is n n o t s e t ( le o n in e B lock an d W h ite r o d
a r le frevn y e a r d e a le r , m d » . h i . n a m e s o d a d
d ir n e . to se th e r w ith r e ta il . r i c e , e f p r o d u c i, de-
•tr e d . a n d w e w in eee th a t yen a r e i.rnnipriy
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