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Theatre: Headliners in Manhattan

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SERIOUS

Coquette—HELEN HAYES IN LOVE KILLING WHILE MILLIONS WEEP

Marco Millions—MARCO POLO IS TOOL IN BABBITT FLAYING WHILE O’NEILL SNEERS

Strange Interlude—FIVE-HOUR FATHOMING OF FEMALE FRAILTY BY THEATRE GUILD WHILE SHUBERTS SQUEAL MELODRAMA

Dracula—VAMPIRE CRAWLS WALLS IN CLOAK, BITES GIRL, Is SLAIN

The Trial of Mary Dugan—BROTHER QUESTIONS CHORINE TRIED FOR SUGAR DADDY’S DEATH

The Silent House—BOND THEFT LAID To YELLOW FIEND

Diamond Lil—MAE WEST SEEN IN EAST SIDE SIN-DIVE

FUNNY

Paris Bound—ADULTERY ALLEGED BY PENTHOUSE GIRL-WIFE

Yolpone—MIDDLE AGE BROKER, ALLEGED SICK, DISAPPEARS AT OOM CULT RUMOR

The Royal Family—FAMOUS THESPIANS HAVE UNUSUAL AND AMUSING DOMESTIC LIFE—BARRYMORE’S OBJECT

The Shannons of Broadway—HOOFER AND WIFE FOOL SMALL TOWN CROOK MUSICAL

Safe Bets—Show Boat, Present Arms, Funny Face, A Connecticut Yankee, Good News, Three Musketeers, Rain or Shine.

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