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PRINCE OF PLAYERS: EDWIN BOOTH (401 pp.)—Eleanor Ruggles—Norton ($4.50). Everyone agreed that the Booths were eccentric—sometimes majestically. Take old Junius Brutus Booth (1796-1852), first of his ...

Edwina Booth who thrilled cinemaddicts of 1931 as the blonde goddess of Trader Horn reemerged in last week’s news in strange contrast to the vigorous, vibrant creature the public remembered on the ...

Nobody is taking a shot at this party. Members of The Players, a storied Gramercy Park social club catering to members of the arts, gathered Saturday in the park to celebrate the 190th birthday of ...

The living room: The restored windows now include UV protection. The poetry book on the table is open to the page that Booth was reading when he had the first of the two strokes that killed him. Photo ...