W-G-N To Star Lillian Gish in Sunday Drama (Chicago Tribune 1940)

 

Lillian Gish as Vinnie in Life With Father -- 1940

W-G-N To Star Lillian Gish in Sunday Drama (Chicago Tribune 1940)

Chicago Tribune – February, Wednesday 21, 1940 – Page 16

W-G-N To Star Lillian Gish in Sunday Drama

Cast as Wife in Sheridan’s ‘School for Scandal’

By Larry Wolters

Lillian Gish, one of the brightest stars of the silent movie era and now a stage headliner, and Percy Waram, distinguished veteran of the theater, will be featured in a radio adaptation of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s classic comedy, “The School for Scandal,” on the Fifth Row Center production over W-G-N and the Mutual network at 5 p.m. Sunday.

The show will be presented before a studio audience. The musical setting will be provided by Harold Stokes and the W-G-N Dance orchestra. Miss Gish and Mr. Waram are appearing in Clarence Day’s comedy “Life With Father,” in the Blackstone theater.

Lillian Gish as Vinnie in Life With Father -- 1940

Cast as Lady Teazle.

In “The School for Scandal” Miss Gish will portray the role of the mischievous Lady Teazle and Waram will play that of her blundering husband, Sir Peter Teazle.

When she steps before the W-G-N microphone Miss Gish will be following in the footsteps of her sister Dorothy. Dorothy came from New York three years ago to play the leading role in the serial “The Couple Next Door,” on W-G-N. Harold Vermilyea was co-featuring with her.

Lillian Gish established herself as a theatrical performer in those trail blazing movie epics “The Birth of a Nation,” “Orphans of the Storm,” and “Intolerance.”

Stage Work Follows Movies.

Since her retirement from pictures she has proved her versatility as an actress in “Hamlet” with John Gielgud, Chekhoff’s “Uncle Vanya,” and Maxwell Anderson’s “The Star Wagon” with Burgess Meredith, in which she last appeared in Chicago.

English born Percy Waram’s most recent notable role was that of the stern father in “Pride and Prejudice.” He has distinguished himself in numerous Theater Guild productions, including “R.U.R.,” “Elizabeth the Queen,”  and “Mary of Scotland.”

Life With Father - Lillian Gish and Percy Waram

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