Frances Farmer, on Legitimate Stage, Now ‘Toast of Broadway’ Special to The Times
NEW YORK, Saturday, Nov. 6
The name of a Seattle girl is being toasted up and down Broadway today, and the wise boys and gay girls who chatter in cocktail lounges off Times Square have a new personality to talk about.
The name is Frances Farmer.
"Golden Boy," a stage play, opened only Thursday night at the Belasco Theatre, and Miss Farmer’s performance in the leading role shone, as it did several years ago when she starred in Penthouse Theatre productions in Seattle. The play seems destined to run a long time. Even critics were cordial, and the audiences loved it.
Play Written by Odets
Written by Clifford Odets, who has a long list of "hit" plays to his credit, and produced by the Group Theatre, "Golden Boy" tells the story of an Italian Boy, played by Luther Adler, who has music in his soul but who becomes a prize fighter.
Miss Farmer is "just a girl from over the river," Lorna Moon. Surrounded by theatre veterans, Miss Farmer gives a performance far, far ahead of the average "first-timer."
She was released from Paramount Studios to try her luck on the legitimate stage. It looks as if she was won a victory. "Golden Boy" should keep Miss Farmer in New York until summer.
In her role as Lorna Moon, Miss Farmer is the girl friend of the "golden boy’s" manager. But she falls in love with the prize fighter. Her part gives her an opportunity to look beautiful and to fulfill her promise as an emotional actress.
Article appeared in the Seattle Times – November 7, 1937
Provided by Ulrich
Fritzsche M.D.