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LOIS MORAN WILL DIRECT DRAMATIC CLUB REHEARSAL

Started Career at Age of 12 by Dancing In Paris Opera House-Writes Short Stories and Plays

Miss Lois Moran, popular star of "Of Thee I Sing" who has agreed to act as guest director for today's rehearsal of the Harvard Dramatic Club's spring production, "The Watched Pot" will be escorted to Brattle Hall this afternoon by Miss Marjorie Adams, dramatic editor o the Boston Globe. Miss Moran will be met by the officers of the club, headed by Robert Breckenridge '34, president, and will meet G. E. Massey '15, director, with whom she will co-operate. After the rehearsal, the officers and the cast will have tea with Miss Moran at Eliot House.

In expressing her willingness to act as guest director for the Dramatic Club's rehearsal this afternoon, Miss Moran said Yesterday that she had read the play and would have several suggestions and criticisms to make today. "I am always glad to meet students who are interested in the stage," she declared, "and I am most happy to assist them in every way I can. I have heard of former Harvard Dramatic Club Productions, how thoroughly and artistically they are staged, and I am looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to assisting the direction of "The Watched Pot'."

Miss Moran's spare time is spent in singing and writing. She writes short stories and plays, and stated that she had intended to enter one of her works in the Dramatic Club's prize play contest, but had been informed that the contest was open only to members of the University. Three of four of her old stories have recently appeared in magazines. Lois Moran is 23 years old and her favorite actors are Leslie Howard and Francis Lederer. Miss Moran is expected to attend the dance following the first performance of "The Watched Pot" on Thursday, May 4, at Brattle Hall.

Miss Moran's career includes many stage and screen parts in the United States and abroad. She spent five years in Hollywood where she was a success- ful ingenue star, playing the part of the daughter in "Stella Dallas," and more recently was leading lady in "Transatlantic" and "Men in Her Life."

It has been announced that the Harvard Advocate may publish the Dramatic Club's prize-winning play. "The Constant Optimist" by R. J. Bry '35, in their June issue.LOIS MORAN

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