Show I Theatrical Man Denied Audience 1 I I Straton Denies Brady Right to Give His Views Sermon on Cleaning Up N. N Y Stage Goes on Despite Intervention I of Producer V NEW EW AP Opinions Opinions- expressed froth ironi the pulpit u by the Re Rev Dr Dr John roach Straton on cleaning up the New York stage are so widely at variance wIth those of William A. A B Brady adY th producer that the the latter latterI could not restrain himself from I speaking right out In a Sunday night meeting Mr Brady interrupted Dr Straton's Straton's Strat- Strat I ons on's sermon on How to Stop lade lade- on the Sta e nJ Other CrimI Crim- Crim I baa Inal Obscenity by rising In his seat in the rear of Calvary Baptist church and uttering f ur ur one sil one s l lable w words V The interruption came came as Dr Straton referred to to a debate he had with Mr l Brady in the same auditorium audi audi- several y years ago on the same topIcs topic and quoted his adversary adversary adver- adver sary as offering th cus that he be was giving the p public what it wanted a n ted V. V That man man manIs Is here announced Mr Brad loudly loudl In excItement and umbrage SERMON GOES ON But the sermon went on also in ina ina a shout Mr Brady waIted waited- standing He Was not to to- speak so finally he shrugged and sat down The clergyman man roundly criticized he stage and screen and advocated advocat ed co ot of tl tIle e policy of raiding and Although denied the floor ester yester- yesterday da day Mr 11 Brady Brad found occasion later to lo speak his mind To Inquirers he said he had ben aro aroused sed especially by what he Interpreted as remarks Continued i Page 5 Straton Denies Brady Right to Give His Views I Continued d from page 1 derogatory to the stage profession and to Will H. H Hays czar ot of the movies He also maintained Dr Straton had misrepresented him The Calvary church epIsode cul- cul minted a we week k which saw the raiding of three shows Sex The Captive and The Virgin Man lan and the arrest ot of persons Including actors and actresses charged with giving an exhibition In violation ot of public decency The week also saw a boom in the box office receipts o of all three theatres theatres the the- atres as they continued perform perform- anres under Injunction ot of The VirgIn Man 1 never before popular are seekIng a larger thea- thea tre Defendants De held in the cases of The Virgin Man and The Captive Captive Cap Cap- tive are to be arraigned thIs afternoon after after- noon while those responSible for or Sex are called for or tomorrow City authoritIes hope for a court decision dee dee- sion that givA them power to censor pla plays s 's by applying the penal code |