May 26, 1961 • Page Image 15
…character the music critic Jen- nings, has the characteristics of the late George Jean Nathan, who also was associated with Angoff and Mencken on the old Mercury staff. Jennings is re- vealed as a Jew who hid his Jewishness, but as a, brilliant drama critic. There is, thus, a close likeness to G. J. Nathan in this character in the book who constantly was befriending one actress after. another. "The Bitter Spring" has many likenesses to Angoff'...…

















































