The Theatre: Revival in Hollywood: Sep. 9, 1940

Although Hollywood is almost as fond of culture as of aquatics, it has seldom worked up any real enthusiasm for the legitimate drama. Few shows have ever played profitably in the town, and the successful ones usually included in their casts such stars as Katharine Cornell and Helen Hayes, who could attract an audience in the Mojave Desert. When Hollywood stars return to the boards for a lark, they do so not in Hollywood but on Broadway and in the better-class barns of the straw-hat circuit.

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