The Theatre: Marine Circus

By last week it was abundantly clear that Fanny Brice's big little husband,Billy Rose, merits some title—other than pressagents' superlatives—to indicate his uniqueness as a showman. "Fair Doctor" might serve, with the understanding that the exposition managements which seek his services are not necessarily sick but simply want the shot-in-the-arm of financial confidence which the Rose technique provides. Last year when the Texas Centennial fair got under way at Dallas, Doctor Rose was called in by Fort Worth and encouraged, with a contract paying $1,000 a day for 100 days (TIME,...

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