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- American Born
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- (OCTOBER 19, 1925)
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- American Born. The return of George M. Cohan is, for the
- masses, the banner event of an eventful autumn. You will recall
- how he retired two seasons ago when the actors won their second
- strike. He said he would never produce or act again. In the off
- year he wrote American Born and is now producing it and acting
- in it.
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- You will also remember that just before his retirement Mr.
- Cohan appeared in another comedy of his own, The Song and Dance
- Man. In this tale of the Theatre, a tale near his own heart, he
- became recognized as an exceptionally fine actor. Possibly it
- was because he was playing George M. Cohan.
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- He continues to play George M. Cohan in the new piece. Off to
- England he takes himself as the heir of an extensive English
- estate. Thirty years before that his mother had been hurried
- across the threshold and out into the cold world because she
- married the gardener.
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- Mr. Cohan's observations upon the peculiarities of English
- society will probably not be preserved as conspicuous examples
- of current scholarship. He is content to be amusing at the risk
- of being obvious. He manages to be both. Since he is himself in
- the star role the play will probably run for months.
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