Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-04-16 | Page 3 | 'Street Scene' Bill at State

Street Scene Bill at ait State Stat It was merely an accident of birth that lat made the great city of New York the ic locale of Street Scene which comes omes to the State theater on Sunda Sun- Sun da day ay Had the author of ot this prize drama rama Elmer Rice been born and lad had he drawn his characters from the ic l life e of any other American city large arge or small they woul dhave been the ic same flesh and blood Street Scene is the story of the conflict and emotions the joys and heartaches of human characters in an environment which is the same in every very city Beulah Bondi as Mrs Jones is the neighborhood gossip who has all the scandal candal of the street at the tip of her tongue and ad relishes every morel morsel mor mor- sd sel el of it David Landau as Mr 1 Isan is isan isn an n American father not father not the ideal American merican father of course course but but a type ype who Is all too common as a product of or poverty He is a symbol symbol sym- sym bol ol rather than an individual a symbol symbol sym- sym bol ol of the tragedy edy which results from narrowness and intolerance Estelle Taylor as ns Mrs 1 l is s another symbol of the darker side of f life life life-a a woman driven to despair through lack of affection A devoted mother the years ears of fruitless yearn yearn- lag Ing ng for tor tenderness and warmth drive her het to rebellion And Elmer Rice the dramatist has had the courage to raise the question as to whether she was vas not as much sinned against as sinning whether she was not a victim victim vic vie tim of the gossipmongers even while her conduct was providing pro them with the food for their gossip All of the ringing smashing speeches which Rice put into the mouths of the stage players have been retained Where ori originally all the action took place before the doorway doorway doorway door door- way of a sin single le house Goldwyn has confined the action to a single sincle street