THE PERFECT PLAY, ABIE’S IRISH ROSE
BEING MADE INTO A MOTION PICTURE
‘ ‘ The most nearly perfect play ever written.” Thus does George Pierce Baker, famous as the ‘maker of plays and playwrights” at Yale University describes Anne Nichols’ “Abie’s Irish Rose,’’ which is now being made into a motion picture at the Paramount Studio in Hollywood.
“Abie” was a success because it ns a perfect example of how a plav should be based on situations, rather than funny lines, according to Professor Baker- Baker brought his entire dramatic class from the New Haven College to witness a performance of this play in New York City, using it as the topic for an ‘ideal play’ lecture. Miss Nichols is herself supervising the filming of her play at the Paramount Studio. Victor 'Heming, maker of “The Way of All Flesh,” and many other successful film stories for Paramount, i.s directing. The cast includes Nancy Carrol, Charles Rogers, Jean Hersholt, Bernard Goreey t Ida Kramer and many others.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 15 (Supplement)
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165THE PERFECT PLAY, ABIE’S IRISH ROSE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20104, 24 March 1928, Page 15 (Supplement)
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