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By PHILIP MARCUSE
THE GOLEM —Habima Players
Orchestra Hall
T is patent that the persons who
I say, "There arc to great actors
anymore," haven't gone as far as MOS-
COW to look for them. The tvarld re-
now'ncd liabima troupe, realizing that
fact, have left their native Moscow
and come to America for a limited
number of triumphal appearances. In
Detroit they were enthusiastically re-
ceived and accorded the acclaim that
is their due as first rank artists.
The Habitna troupe is noted for its
technique, its ability to make tra-
&liana! Hebrew drama rich, vital and
throbbing with life. They accentuate
the devout religiousness anti the es-
sential fineness of the Hebraic soul
and express it in terms of grand and
vivid drama. All the devices of the
theater find their best expression in
the Habima troupe. Their handling
of makeup is masterful and uncom-
promising. A mime is always a Mime
with them and never a beautiful wom-
an or a foppish gentleman far the sake
of the style. In the case of "The Col-
vin" he is always an oppressed Jew,
and the bucks of the players are bent.
their robes ore dusty, their eyes hol-
low, their hair dissheveled, their noses
inooked to the point of exaggeration,
It and rice
and all the devices Of
powder mustered to express terror and
oppression mingled with ecstasy.
There is a magnificent sweep to the
acting, an enthusiasm and power that
is the result of years of arduous train-
ing until now each of the emotional
and vocal gamut with sweet modula-
tion and resounding fury, as their
lines require, conveying easily and
surely the impression of a glorious
acting tradition and a etanposite and
magnificent poetic imagination.
The settings are simple and very
etTertive. No attempt is made at real-
istic scenery, you are always conscious
of the cations, but the effect of Fif-
teenth Century Prague is there, un-
mistakably and impressively, even
when a wall is turned 'hind side to,
and the scrawl "Act 2, Left" is noticed
in red crayon, it diminished the effect
not at all. A Meskin, playing the huge
and mechanistic Colon, interpreted his
fantastic role in a magniticant and
deeply satisfying manner. G. Tche-
chik-Efrati played a gray, stooped
Elijah to A. Rovina's girlish, intense
lyric Messiah and the pair, perched on
at mountain top or wandering among
the harassed Jews, make an intensely
moving picture. 13. Bertonoti, as a
hook-nosed and unscrupulous Catholic
Inquisitor interpreted the anti-Semitic
church perfectly and elouently. B.
Tehemerinsky, as the Rabbi was,—
magnifica:it is the word, and I must
use it again and again. Magnificent
describes the acting, the directing, the
wailing poetry of the play, nothing can
be slighted in this sincere eulogy of as
fine a troupe of actors as I have ever
seen on a stage, whether in folk drama
such as this, or in all-star revivals
such as "Trelawney of the Wells."
Magnificent is stinted praise. Sublime ,
is the ward. •
the unpleasant but, from an actins
standpoint, glorious part of the Hover I
end Davisen, who hits, it develops, the
cutest Freudian complex. Ile did vett
well, as did Isabel O'Sladigan as his j
ascetic and ugly wife, I was pleased !
to See Joe Horn, who reads Neitzsche
in iandsome leather bindings am
drinks hoottsh by the gallon, played by
the hefty Haply liolotes, who consist
ems the Polynesian Isle of life de-
lightful and shows it. His half caste
wife, Anieena, was also done by the
original hippopotamus, Emma Wilcox,
and she gurgled and shook deliriously.
TENTH AVENUE—by John
McGowan and Lloyd Griscom
Shubert-Detroit.
NeE upon a time there was at
No." petty dance who ran a rooming
and she took care of a lot of
crooks and tried to keep them straight,
see? Well, two guys Was 111111 about
her, one, a stick-up man, was a goof
but she did the mother act with hint.
The other guy knew a few tricks with
cards, and he was as smooth as they
make 'eta. Well; the moll needed two
months' rent money and it "1101aCk "
l'00111er with cash was taken fur a ride.
They found the body and the hulls ac-
eased people right and left. Who d'ya
think pulled the gat? The dumb lien-
nits yah, the bozo did it, and all for
love of the queen. Whadda ya know
about that. The tall guy was sus-
peeled, but he played the cops for a
fare-thee-well. The other guy got the
chair, pair guy, and the tall galoot
got the girl. Life's funny, nu?
"That's a great idea for a play, eh,
what?" said John McGowan to Lloyd
Grissom, or Lloyd Griscom to .1 ohn
McGowan, so they normal it "Tenth
Avenue" rather than "-92nd Street"
or "The House on the Corner of Brush
and Columbia" and sat down to write
their smashing melodrama.
There isn't a glimmer of originality
in their handling of this plot, but by
assembling a troupe of acomplished ac-
tors and rewriting the ()Id Stuff they
manage to confect an evening of pass-
able entertainment. The technique is
as old-fashioned as Ford's Model "T"
car, but the authors have injected
some' bright wisecracks into the heart-
:sending drama of the girl torn between
love and duty. There is only one kill-
ing, to be sure, but the are enough re-
volvers and sops and robbers around
to please the most fastidious.
What carries the play, of course, is
the acting. William Boyd as the boob
gunman is an expert actor and an ap-
pealing figure. Louis Calheorn, as the
card sharp, is as suave and sleek and
compelling as a Stacoml, ad. His long,
ape-like arms and lurching. six foot-
two reminds me of Bernie Silberstein.
Edna Hibbard does not make a per-
fect Lila Slason. She knows all the
dramatic tricks except the art of be-
ing human, and is not my idea of a
Lily of the Gutter. The supporting
cast is splendid. Gregory Ratoff as
Fink, the Polish bootlegger who is
humped off, is so genuine that we were
depressed at his early demise. Frank
McHugh as Curley Neff, a tenth-rate
pickpicket, in his good-natured stu-
RAIN—by John Colton and Clemente pidity, a joy to behold. The actors
Randolph
generally are so superior to the play
Shubert•Lafayette
that they almost mase "Tenth Ave-
nue look like a good piece of work.
O
Tr
is unfortunate that such a good
I company as the National Players
should have been preceded by such a
good company as Jeanne Engels' in the
presentation of Colton and Randolph's
magnificent play, "Rain." In such
circumstances a comparison of the two
casts is inevitable, and the National
Players come off second best by only
a hair. Or, to he less figurative and
more exact, by a scene. The scene that
spelled disaster for Hazel Whitmire is
the one in the third act where Sadie
Thompson, battered mercilessly by the
fanatical Reverend Davison into a hys-
terical submission and a hideous con-
version to his sanctimonious way of
thinking, appears in a stainless white
bath-robe and in quavering accents
announces that she will henceforth go
straight. Miss Whitmore felt called
upon to reel around like a drunken sot,
and this, her conception of ecstatic
zeal, is a mere travesty of the Sadie
Thompson one would logically expect.
The leading lady works like a trooper
to put this scene tuner, and I am sorry
to say that it doesn't quite come off,
due partly to an unruly and giggling
audience. The psychology of Sadie is
a difficult bit in this episode and Miss
Whitmire couldn't completely master
it. Except for this scene, however, she
Was superb, and is doubtless in for a
highly successful summer.
Everyone knows the story of "Rain."
though a packed house testified to the
number of people who had not seen
the play in its two appearances here.
This is the first drama I have seen the
National Players do, as I have just re-
turned from a tour of the world, see-
ing "Abie's Irish Rose" in 16 lan-
guages, including the Scandinavian.
Herbert Clark, the leading man, plays
a small part, that of "Handsome
Sergeant O'Hara who wants to do
right by our Sadie. A handsome youth
he is, but handsome is as handsome
does, as my Aunt Emma used to say
and I am compelled to state that
"handsome" does very little nor prom .
boot very much. Averill Harris had
Ahad Ha am
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For him this partial
differently.
gathering together of the Jews is first
of all a gathering of spirits, the ren-
aissance of our national individuality,
as the splitting of our spiritual forces
and the necessity of adjustment to
an alien milieu in the Diaspora hin-
ders the creative efforts of our na.
tional genius. All our achievements
here are insignificant, the mere echoes
of the alien life around us. It is only
in the historic center of our people
that it will be possible to develop our
unique national culture, which the Di-
aspora tends to obliterate. Its essence
is and remain, as the prophets put
it, "to bring about the reign of abso-
lute justice." This end cannot be
achieved by the great mass of Jews
who settle in Palestine, as long as
they devote their energies to their
petty interests and affair., but rather
by the few choice spirits and towering
personalities who, imbued with • sense
of their national duty, are ready to
dedicate their lives to this ideal, and
who are capable of exerting a spiritual
influence over the whole Diaspora.
The spiritual center is to be our fu-
ture shrine, • sanctuary in the high-
est sense of the word. Those who en-
ter it are priests consecrated by the
holiness of their ideals, while the um
Sunday Morning Services:
Dr. Leo SI. Franklin will occupy
the pulpit Sunday morning, Slay It,
and speak on the subject "The Creed
of the Modern Jew." Services begin
at 10:45.
liver the graduation address. The 10. The boys of the pre-confirmation
class meets again Friday, May 13, to class are now using the gymnasium
make final plans for Class Day, the every Tuesday, 3:30 to 4:30.
senior play and the graduation din-
ner and dance.
Women's Gymnasium Chi's:
A special class has been organized
for the women of the temple. It
The Oratory and Declamation
meets
Friday mornings, 10 to 12. The
Contests:
011 Sunday morning, May 15, at women of the templesure cordially in-
to
enroll.
9:30, three students of the high vited
school will compete for the 'Temple
Men's Club oratory prizes. At 10:30 Memorial Gifts:
There are several opportunities for
of the same day three students of the
intermediate school will c.onpcte for memorial gifts by which dear, depart-
the Temple :lien's Club declamation ed ones may be commenaorattod. You
prizes. Parents are cordially invited are invited to consult Dr. Leo M.
Franklin on the subject.
to attend.
Saturday Morning Services:
On Saturday morning, May 14,
Rabbi Leon Frani will occupy the pul-
pit and speak on the subject "The
liabimit." Services begin at 10:30. The Library:
The one-volume history of the
Jews, a "History of the Jewish Peo-
Young People's Temple Club:
ple,"
by Max L. Margolis and Alex-
The Young People's Temple Club is
planning its May sport festival. The ander Marks, may now he borrowed
from
the temple library. It is the
announcement of the date will be
made later The Young People's Club only authoritative complete one-vol-
unie
history
of the Jews ever written.
is also at work upon the plans for the
annual moonlight excursion to be'
The Afternoon Dramatic Club:
held on Monday night, June 20.
The dramatic club of the afternoon
The Book and Play Group and the
Discussion Group have closed their school meets with Miss E:ther Gold-
season. They will resume activities berg every Tuesday at 4 o'clock.
early in the fall.
Miss Josephine letterman will re- The Pageantry Club:
The Pageantry Club, or the Dra-
port at the next fleeting of the board
of the social service activities of the matic Club of the Intermediate
Young People's Temple Club. Plans School, meets with Mrs. S. Blum-
will be suggested for further social rosen every Tuesday afternoon at .1
service activity in the summer time. o'clock. Parents are advised to en-
courage their children to join the
dramatic groups
Beth El College:
Miss Stella Sulinsky of the depart-
ment of literature in the Detroit Pub- The High School Orchestra:
Students of Temple Beth El High
lic Schools will take the class in peda-
gogy all during the month of May. School who can play any instrument
All who are interested in the applica- other than the piano are invited to
tion of the best educational practice join the Temple High School Orches-
in the public schools to Jewish edu- tra, which meets every Sunday after-
cation are invited to attend. The an- noon at 12:30 under the leadership of
nouncement with regard to the clos- Saul Abramovitch.
ing session of the college and of the
new courses to be offered next year Men's Gymnasium CI
The men's gymnasium classes are
will be made in the next Bulletin.
held Monday and Thursday evenings.
The Graduating Class:
Miss Alma Marks has been appoint- High School Athletics:
The gymnasium committee of Tem-
ed by the faculty valedictorian for
the graduation class at the exercises ple Beth El has granted the use of
to be held oil Sunday, May 22. Dr. the gymnasium to the boys of our
David Philipson of Cincinnati will tie- high school on Saturday nights, 7 to
Boy Scouts:
'fhe Boy Scout troops of the tem-
ple hold their meetings on Wednes-
day night. A third scout troop has
just been organized.
Girl Scouts:
Girl Scout troops meet Monday
night and Wednesday afternoon.
ROUND TABLE WILL
HEAR DR. E. LIPKIN
Dr. Ezra Lipkin will dcli,er 1111 ad•
dn.,. 011 the subject "The Romance
of Medical Progress" at the meeting
of the Round Table interprofessional
Society to be held Friday, May 20,
at 0:45 o'clock p. ni. at the Temple
Beth FA, room 26.
Dr. Lipkin received his B. S. de-
gree at the University of Michigan
and his Si. U. degree at the Detroit
College of Medicine in 1922. There-
after he was interned at the MOUllt
Sinai Hospital of Cleveland and re-
turned to this city in 1924. Since
then he has been practicing his pro-
fession here.
Dr. Lipkin is president of the
Round Table, to which office he has
recently been rte-elected. Ile is a
member of the Mainionides Society
and managing editor of the Mania,-
nides Bulletin.
l'he last meeting of the Mound
l'ably for the current seasan will be
held two weeks hence, on June 3. The
program of that meeting will be a
debate, subject and participants to
be announced later.
Back-Stage Stuff
By P. M.
liy E are privy to the news, received
YV by special leased wire, that I'au
Green, is product of Professor Koch's
celebrated Carolina Haymakers, has
received the Pulitzer l'rize Award for
having written the best play of 1926.
Supporters of Maxwell Anderson and
Maurine Watkins, who wrote, respect-
ively, "Saturday's Children" and "Chi-
cago," are out gunning for the com-
mittee on awards, but that is a yearly
occurenee and should cause no trepi-
dation. Crson's first full-length play,
"In Abraham's Bosom," a drama not
devotti to the thesis that Black is not
Waite, but concerning negro problems
in their own idiom, is the deserving,
so I am told, winner of the prize. "In
Abraham's Bosom" lasted only two
months at first the Provincetown and
then the Garrick Theater, but it will
be revived, as a result of the Pulitzer
laurel, at the Provincetown with the
original cast. The curious will be giv-
en another chance to determine what
it is in Abraham's bosom that gives
it that distinctive prize-winning flavor.
Green has another play running in
New York now, "The Field Cod," and
he has written Field Cod knows how
many one-act plays, of which "The
s tARGA It El' ANGLIN, that Ang- No 'Count Boy" is perhaps the most
!VI linrized Greek, is doing Soph- fatuous.
odes' "Electra" at the Metropolitan
Opera House in New York City this
A Few of the Long•Lived Ones.
month. Contrary to popular opinion
1\ JR. LESTER SHERNIAN, St.
FYI blunt impressario, is now resid-
ing in Detroit. I had lunch with him
the other day. Ile claims that shows
from New York are flopping on the
road because they aren't presenting
the New York Casts as advertised. Ile
predicts the return to popularity of
the road show as soon as the New
York managers realize that people in
other cities read the papers and refuse
to be hoodwinked by spurious press
agent stories that promise the entire
new York east intact, "three loaggitt4se
cars of scenery and effects," when
what shows up is 14-year-old Slazie
Poste, who played seismal leads in the
With:atoll North Dakota summer stock
company the year of the Frisco tire.
Mr. Sherman also informs me that the
National Vaudeville Association is
contemplating barring all actors who
accept engagements with music thea-
ter chains from hooking with the regu-
lar vaudeville circuits. It is hard to
tell how many headliners will he
scared away from the ntovie rewards
by this jeronunciameato.
Abie's Irish Rose has run through
this play is not propaganda for the.
Edison Company but is It tine. old Gre- 2,133 performances at the Republic
cian tragedy, ranking with "Medea," Theater in New York; George White's
"Antigone," "Oedipus Colonel's" and Scandals, 303 performances; Two
other plays I haven't read. Miss Ang- Girls Wanted, 280; Queen High, 279;
lin has deserted the native drama for Broadway, 276; The Ramblers, 268;
the deserving Greeks, realizing that Countess Maritza, 265; Honeymoon
when one has lost one's youth (and Lane, 264; Caponsacchi, 250; The
with it one's figure) one must be de- Ladder, 227; Gestic, '223; The Squall,
devoted to Art with a rotund A, and 219; The Play's the Thing, 217; Oh,
do Big Things. Seriously, she is an Nay, 208; The Constant Wife, 207;
accomplished actresa, and "Electra" The Desert Song, 183; The Devil in
should be a fine thing to see, for those , the Cheese, 166; Peggy-Ann, 154;
who are aware of other sorts of chor- Wooden Kimono, 153; Chicago, 149;
uses besides the "Ladies of the En- Earl Carroll's Vanities, 143; Tommy,
semble" type. If you're ever in New 137; Pygmalion, 129; The Barker,
128; Saturday's Children, 123.
York, hook her up.
TRELAWNEY OF THE WELLS—
by Arthur Wing Pinero
New Detroit
ARIES AND GENTLEMEN, the
1 --4 Greatest Show on Earth is now
commencing. This way to the Big
Tent, Sixteen, count them, sixteen
rings to this circus, ladies and gentle-
men—I give you—John Drew, Helen
Gahagan, Mrs. Whiffen, John Keller&
Estelle Winwood, Rollo Peters, Peggy
Wood, Otto Kruger, Wilton Lackaye
and, but oh! I must stop to catch inc
breath!
"Trelawney of the Wells" is no play
at all. I am convinced, nor is it meant
to be. It is a splendid diadem in
which to display galaxies of theatri-
cal stars in their off season and pro-
vides acting breathing space for a
fortnights's number of big timers with
ease. We can relegate the lion, Sir
Arthu Wing l'inero to one side, nor
will the old gent mind, and attack the
meat of the play, which is the acting,
with an eager knife and fork.
John Drew as the straightlaced,
lovable Sir William Gower, is the sen-
sation of the season. He totters
around on his legs bent from a life-
time of bowing behind the footlights
and wins as much applause as Al Jol-
son gets. Helen Gahagan, as the love-
ly Rose Trelawney, is a glorious rose
in a garden of orchids, and if I choose
to be sentimental over this beautiful,
accomplished creature, why that's my
business. Rol'', Peters Was there,
with his peregrinating arms, which he
flings to the breeze like manna to a
romance-hungry mob, and everyone
fell in love with Mrs. Whiffen again.
If it weren't lied time I would he de-
lighted to regale you with stuff about
this solid gild troupe by the hour.
There were so mans. dinner jackets
in the audience that the smell of moth
balls almost obliterated the oder of
lavender eininnting from the play. Mr.
Drew made a gracious speech, and I'm
going to bed.
consecrated one who approaches it
must perish. Ile who is without this
holiness had better remain in the Dia-
spora, for not only does he not help
in the building of the center, he hin-
ders it. Consequently we should not
be concerned with the quantity of the
colonists but with their quality, with
the potency of the spiritual influence
of their national ethics upon the Dia-
spora, with their devotion to the ideal
of "eternal justice." — The Jewish
Tribune.
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HUDSON Super-Six
"ICOR" BENEFIT BALL
CREATING INTEREST
The Detroit branch of the "Icor"
which is organized for the purpose of
furthering the cause of Jewish colon-
isation on the farm lands of southern
Russia. is sponsoring a grand ball on
Saturday evening, May 21, in the Ma-
sonic Temple Crystal Ballroom.
This is to he the first of a series of
annual balls to be given by the organ-
ization, and it promises to be one of
the leading events of the year in De-
troit.
The ball committers includes: I.
Smullin, chairman, and S. Rosenfeld,
A. Victor, A. Schriebman, S. Levin
and J. Hatay. Arrangements are un-
der way for an impressive program to
include ■ tableau of Russian-Jewish
colonists in their native costumes.
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