January 1934 The Stage with Helen Hokinson cover

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RARE January 1934 THE STAGE Magazine with Helen E. Hodkinson color cover. FEATURES on The Night Club Comes Alive Again with photos of Marilyn Miller and Clifton Webb at Algonquin; Galli-Galli at Marlborough House; Marion Chase with Harry Rosenthal, Georges Fontana at Place Piquale; Ernst Lubitsch and Ona Munson at Algonquin; Elsa Maxwell, Mrs. Jules Glaenzer, Grace Moore, Valentine Perrera, Mrs. Allan Ryan, Jr., Milton Holden at Ritz-Mayfair dance; Constance Collier and dog at Algonquin; Paul Draper at Algonquin; Helen Broderick, Mrs. Max Gordon at Ritz-Carlton; A Playgoer’s Discoveries Fanny Brice’s comedy in “Sailor, Look Out,” “Birthright” by Richard Maibaum on Hitler and Nazism; “All Good Americans” starring Hope Williams who is no amateur…the public likes Vilma and Buddy Ebsen Dance Team in the “Ziegfeld Follies of 1933,” Betzi Beaton’s first bow to NY in “Follies” …her gift is natural and not imitative; “Peace on Earth” Robert Keith sound characterization; Lennox Robinson’s “Is Life Worth Living?”  clumsily caricatured by Barry Fitzgerald, Maureen Delaney, Eileen Crowe; “Mary of Scotland” finest poetic drama by Maxwell Anderson…Helen Hayes has transformed a fabulous ghost into a breathing reality; Philip Merivale created the beau ideal of every vital woman…Helen Menken contributes a comment on Elizabeth , never Elizabeth herself; Theresa Helburn gave “Mary Queen of Scotland: a clear, vigorous, and distinguished direction; Behold the Resurrection of the Ziegfeld Follies without Ziegfeld! With photos of Buddy and Vilma Ebsen; Betzi Beaton; The American Girl chorus;
4 other scenes; Murder as a Fine Art on “The Dark Tower” with photos of Anton Stengel, Ernest Milton; It Happened in a Princeton Dormitory on “She Loves Me Not” with 11 scenes with Burgess Meredith, Polly Walters, Florence Rice, John Beal, Jerome Daly, Frederic Voight, Phil Ober, Chas Brown; The Best in Our Theatre by the Editor on scene-designing, Lee Simonson, THEATRE ASIDES SECTION on Katherine Hepburn, Geo M. Cohan, Ben Hecht; Otto Diehl; Monte Carlo Ballet; The Clown Extraordinary of American Musical Comedy: Fannie Brice in “The Ziegfeld Follies of 1934” with 15 Brice photos; Expatriates on “All Good Americans” with scene with Fred Keating, Hope Williams; Poor, White, Trash on “Tobacco Road” with 2 scenes starring Henry Hull, Margaret Wycherly; The Electric Russian Ballet with 3 photos; The Loves of Charles II with 4 photos of Cornelia Otis Skinner; Meet Them Again with photos of Helen Broderick as Statue of Liberty; Joan Crawford and Marilyn Miller as Crawford; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Leslie Adams as J.D., Jr.; Theda Bara and Dorothy Sands As Bara; Anna Held and Frances Ford as Held; Josephine Baker and Ethel Waters as Baker; Mahatma Gandhi and Clifton Webb as Gandhi; Lillian Russell and Maurine Holmes as Russell; Young Al Smith and Dick Wallace as Smith; John D. Rockefeller and Clifton Webb as J.D. R.; Chic Fashion Pointers from New Plays with 2 photos of Hope Williams in All Good Americans,” Judith Anderson in “The Drums Begin,”
Helen Gray in “Roberta,” Stage Annalist on Professor George Clinton Densmore Odell; Meet Colonel from Kentucky on Marjorie Marquis with scene with Marjorie Marquis, Tommy Miller in “Ah, Wilderness,” More Music in the  Musicals on George Gershwin’s “Fantasia Politica,” Hip, Hip, Away! On lady’s forms with photos of Maxine Elliott, Jessie Coleman 1880s showgirl), Madge Darrell plus text on Lillian Russell. Peggy Wood, Catherine de Medici’s corset, Anna Held, Mrs. Pat Campbell; Marjorie Marquis, Helen Ford; The First of Shaw’s Three Heroines with Edmund Dulac sketch of Lillah McCarthy plus text on Lillah McCarthy, Ellen Terry, Stella Campbell,; Marjorie Rambeau 1912 revival of “’Way Down East”
FULL PAGE PHOTOS of Helen Hayes : Queen Mary of Scotland; Helen Gray in “Roberta”  by Alfredo Valente.
PHOTOS of Katherine Cornell; Jerome Kern; Miriam Hopkins as Jezebel;
Jane Wyatt in “Love Story,” Dennie Moore in “The Pursuit of Happiness,” 2 scenes from “Three and One” with Lilian Bond, Brian Donlevy, Edmund George, John Eldredge; Maxwell Anderson; Mary Queen of Scots with Mary Michael, Helen Shea, Deane Willoughby, Cynthia Rogers;
THE CURTAIN IS UP  SECTION on “Ah Wilderness!” by Eugene O’Neill…presented by Theatre Guild; “All Good Americans” by Laura and S. J. Perelman starring Hope Williams…Miss Williams amusing….Fred Keating knowing but mannered…Eric Dressler boisterously funny; “The Dark Tower” by Alexander Woollcott and George S. Kaufman…careless and sleazy but made fun by extraneous wit of authors…Margaret Hamilton, Porter Hall, Basil Sydney, Ernest Milton build it up to a pleasant amusing evening; “Double Door” by Elizabeth McFadden…Mary Morris in one of the best characterizations of the season; “The Green Bay Tree” by Mordaunt Shairp…very fine acting with Laurence Olivier, O. P. Heggie, James Dale; “Her Master’s Voice” by Clare Kummer…Kummer at her most typical and diverting…Roland Young hilarious…Laura Hope Crews familiar comedy…
Elizabeth Patterson richly amusing…Frances Fuller expert simplicity; “Mary of Scotland” by Maxwell Anderson…a masterpiece…Helen Hays almost doesn’t seem to try…with gracious charm…with Phil Merivale; “Men in White” by Sid Kingsley…J. Edward Bromberg plays with a quiet power…Ales Kirkland makes his role the plausible storm center…Lee Strasberg directed the finest collective acting to date; “Peace on Earth” by Geo Sklar and Al Maltz…earnest and breathless…Vic  Kilian brilliantly militant…Robert Keith; “Sailor Beware!” by Kenyon Nicholson, Chas Robinson…one of highly relished entertainments in town; “She Loves Me Not” by Hopward Lindsay from Ed Hope’s novel…a jolly ride; “Ten Minute Alibi” by Anthony Armstrong…clever, unchilling tale; “The Pursuit of Happiness” by Al Child, Isabelle Loudon…with Peggy Conklin and Tonio Selwart; “The School for Husbands” by Art Guiterman and Lawrence Langner…enhanced the Moliere vagary immensely…Osgood Perkins masterly bit of satiric bravura; “Three and One” adapted by Lewis Galantiere and John Houseman…silly piece…with Lilian Bond, Brian Donlevy; “Tobacco Road” adapted by Jack Kirkland from Erskine Caldwell novel…Henry Hull and Margaret Wycherly astonish…”As Thousands Cheer” by Irving Berlin and Moss Hart…musical with lively wit…with Helen Broderick, Clifton Webb, Marilyn Miller and Ethel Waters;
GFULL PAGE ADS for ARTS and Decoration; Arts and Decoration Home Study; The New Yorker with Frueh sketch of Diego Rivera, Hugo Gellert sketch of Daniel Frohman, Frueh sketch of Albert Einstein; back cover color The Sportsman Guy Armoux illustrated tobogganing ad.
ADS for Jay-Thorpe; Thurn with Lucile Paray model; Ritz-Carlton Hotel; Restaurant Crillon; Elizabeth Arden; Frances Robinson-Duff; Pasadena Community Playhouse Association; Arno illus. Pierce Arrow Motor Car;
CONDITION: COMPLETE 50 pages filled with early stage, theatre, motion picture productions, actors, actresses, producers, authors, industry news. Was part of bound volume therefore bare spine. Front cover trimmed,  restapled, some page spotting.