Fanny. The many virtues of Fannie Brice, comedienne, are lost to Fannie Brice, emotional actress. Perhaps it is the fault of the play, a concoction of sugar and tears drained by three of its characters, an old philanthropist, a grateful beneficiary, a swindling villian. Miss Brice looks much, much better in revue skits, even if David Belasco did stage this play for her.
Scotch Mist. Sir Patrick Hastings,* onetime (1924) Attorney General of Great Britain under the James Ramsay Macdonald ministry, writes of a captivating lady who prefers South Africa with a masterful...
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