Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-14 | Page 9 | Hurston Wins High Acclaim in Portrayal of Dodsworth

Huston Euston Wins High Acclaim In Portrayal of Dodsworth Salt Lake City lovers of or the stage drama Tuesday were looking lookingback lookingback lookingback back upon an evenings evening's entertainment long to be remembered remembered- Walter Hustons Huston's performance of the title role in Dodsworth rth the adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis novel at the Paramount theater Monday evening t J The capacity audience left the the theat theater heater r agreed that Mr Huston did not merely act the p part rt of at Dodsworth Dodsworth Dods Dods' worth but that he was this American Amer Amer- lean ican can business man who at the selfish selfish self- self ish sh urging of the wife wiCe he loves gives up a business that means everything to o him and sets about trying to enjoy enjoy en- en joy oy a a. leisure for which he has not asked Too those who witnessed Mr Hustons Huston's superb portrayal of at Lewis' Lewis famed amed character were satisfied that it if f the actor is regarded as one of the he finest to have graced the audible screen creen he occupies the same high rank in the legitimate drama Mr Huston is equal to any situation situation situa- situa tion ion demanded of oC him throughout this comedy drama In bits of f comedy comedy com corn edy and in dramatic tense tenseness ess he heIs heis hes is s equally dominant Dodsworth is the story of an American business man man who quits I his lis interests to go abroad with a aI a I frivolous wife wile whom he wants want above all to please Dodsworth tries painfully hard to all fall Into the European Ways of at liv- liv rig hig and to to- hide his feelings for tor the strange persons picked up as acquaintances acquaintances ac ac- ac- ac by his wife wiCe When a triangle occurs he settles it not Ina in ina ina a subtle European manner but the way a business business' man from back home lome in Zenith U. U S. S A. A would do doit doit dot it t much to the delight of his audi audi- tors Juliette Crosby plays the part of oi the he willful Fran Dodsworth Dods in a matches the playing of ot Mr Huston Nan Sunderland Mrs Walter Huston brings beauty and charm into the role of Edith Courtright Courtright- who is attracted to Dodsworth and understands him Her performance ranked with with that of at Miss Crosby Mr Huston had a fine supporting cast that aided In the presentation of oC a flawless lawless performance There Therean are aro Leslie Denison as the Englishman English English- man who knows Fran Dodsworth Harlan Briggs a as i Tubby Dodsworth's Dodsworth's Dodsworth's Dods- Dods worth's friend Bran Nossen the sophisticate who misleads Fran Dodsworth and Gregory the young Austrian ruled by his mother Original settings for the presentation presen- presen tation were b by Jo RevolvIng Revolving Revolving Re Re- stages were used and the play moved without delays delas