CLEAN-UP OF LONDON STAGE
Strong support is being given the campaign to clean up the West End stage and free it of nudity shows. George Black, of the Palladium, who engaged an American strip-tease dancer and then, as soon as he saw her rehearse, refused to include her in his show. told the Daily Sketch: — " Strip-teasing is certainly not art:— stamp out the unclean by all means, and I think the biggest offenders are the eabarets." Stanley Holloway agreed. "In theatrical history there has been a Tecurring wave such as we are experiencing now. I welcome action by the L.C.C. Entertainment Committee. "It is timo something should be done 1 to clean up the stage. Dan Leno, George Formby, Harry Weldon, Mark Sheridan were brilliant comedians and never xesorted to the nasty, suggestive joke. ' ' Gordon Harker, Cockney star, added his view — "I'm all against sheer vulgarity, done in a cheap way. " Anton Dolin, idol of a million ballet lovers, said that a better artistic effect was obtained when artists were fully clothed. » "There is more heauty in a girl dancing in a long skirt than in a short one. I'm sure the thinking public agree i with me." t 1 Dorothy Dickson: ''Anything like strip-teasing or fan-dancing should be kept away from the theatre." A West End chorus girl said she had refused several tempting offers to ap- ; pear in big London productions because of ideas of management and producer on "What the public wants. " "I don't believe their ideas are correct. It's simply the distorted view of a few 'big noises' in the entertainment world." | John Howard will replace Gene Raymond as Lily Pons' leading man. The picture has been Tenamed "Hitting a ' New High. " It is announced that Tyrone Power will be starred in the title role of one of next year's big specials entitled "Rise of Disraeli. " Phyllis Brooks, who appears in "Yon Can 't Have Everything, " gets ari im povtant part in "Becond Honeymoon, ". supporling Tyrone Power and Lorettn j Youug. •
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 67, 11 December 1937, Page 10
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