ALICE BRADY ROUNDS OUT DRAMA CYCLE

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 445, 29 May 1937, Page 3

ALICE BRADY ROUNDS OUT DRAMA CYCLE

Alice Brady, who began her stage work in drama, is about to complete the cycle with a dramatic offering on the screen. Miss Brady, who- has, scores of successful movie roles studding her career, is now portraying a scheming mother in Universal’scomedy “Three Smart Girls,” which is at the Plaza*. Her daughter in the picture is alluring Binnie Barnes., whom she helps in an effort to snare a millionaire, played by Charles Winninger. Miss Brady is an excellent comedienne, as she proved in many films, notable among them, “My Man Godfrey.” Few of the present, moviegoing enthusiasts remember that Miss Brady can also play stirring drama with telling effect. The most recent

announcement concerning the doings of Alice Brady, who has long been an interesting figure in the news, is

the statement that she has signed a cpixtract with Universal to play uhs leadi in “The Lafe of Sarah Bernhardt.” Studio officials believe the role of the Divine Sarah is a particular happy choice for Miss Brady, because of her thorough experience on the New York stage, where she established her ability as a front rank dramatic actress. Since the life story of Sarah Bernhardt is interwoven witli the theatre, Alice Brady is well equipped’ to give an authentic performance in the part. Few actresses on the Screen to-day have as rich a theatrical background as she. The daughter of William A. Brady, famous Broadway producer, and 1 Marie Rems, noted d’anseuse, Alice Brady made ner own debut in show business at, the age. of seventeen — and has been in it ever since, either on the screen or stage, or as a stage producer.