40th Anniversary of the Moscow Art Theater

cor. 140th ANNIVERSARY OF MKHAT Moscow October 26, 1938 In the auditorium among those sitting - theater artists, stage workers, make-up artists, artists, orchestra musicians, vocalists. Theater artists and guests are sitting in the auditorium; among those present / close-ups /, People's Artist of the USSR M.M. Tarkhanov, People's Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR F.V. Shevchenko, People's Artist of the USSR L.M. Leonidov, People's Artist of the RSFSR O. N. Androvskaya. sitting: Nemirovich-Danchenko V.I., Leonidov L.M., Shevchenko F.V., Kaluzhsky E.V. In the auditorium V.T. Sakhnovsky - theater director, ch. stage machinist I.I. Titov, stage director Gottich, actress E. Auerbach. Wed pl. Working scenes. Among the spectators, the director of the Moscow Art Theater Ya.O. Boyarsky (with glasses), actor A.I. Cheban. Cr. Pl. Actress N.A. Sokolskaya. THEM. Moskvin presents diplomas to actress O.V. Labzina, director-assistant P. Leslie (young with smoothly combed hair). Sitting in the hall (cr. Pl.) Actresses V. Sokolova, A. Stepanova. Cr. Pl. - the theater vocalists are sitting. Second pl. - M.A. Gremislavskaya (make-up artist, hairdresser), Ya. I. Gremislavsky. THEM. Moskvin presents a certificate to the young director N. Gorchakov. N. Gorchakov comes up from the stage. Wed pl. - Actress V. Vronskaya. Cr. Pl. - Sitting vocalists (women), artist and head. artistic and staging part of I.Ya. Gremislavsky, followed by M.I. Knebel. Cr. Pl. - 1st row - sitting actress Petrova, head. lit. part N. Teleshov, actress Vaser. 2nd row - cr. Pl. - M.M. Tarkhanov, followed by the actor A. Guzeev. Cr. Pl. - actress F.V. Shevchenko, on the right - E.V. Kaluzhsky is an actor and director. General view of the auditorium. In the center (middle square) actress E.A. Khovanskaya (smooth hairstyle), A.M. Dmokhovskaya, L.M. Leonidov. In the foyer of the theater there are tables set for tea. A.P. Zueva, I.M. Moskvin, Titov, Nar. USSR artist I.M. Moskvin is filmed at the table and talks with Gnat Yura. Cr. pl. - Gnat Yura. IN AND. Nemirovich-Danchenko accepts a robe and fruit as a gift from a delegation of theatrical figures. The delegation is headed by Bayazetova. Nemirovich-Danchenko V.I. in an oriental robe. People's artists of the USSR Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya, Tarsova A.K., Leonidov L.M. are sitting at the table. / cr. plan/. Cr. plans of V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko. Artists at the table. / Only in the negative /. Banquet. Part of the table at which V.I.Nemirovich-Danchenko is standing. and accepts gifts from representatives of various theater studios. Nemirovich-Danchenko V.I. examines the carpet presented with a woven portrait of IV Stalin, talks with representatives of the nat. studios that put a kaftan on him. cor. 240TH ANNIVERSARY OF MKHAT Moscow October 26, 1938 IN THE MATERIAL: Speech by the People's Artist of the USSR Leonidov L.M. / the text of the speech is attached /. / sync. / PERFORMANCE OF THE PEOPLE'S ARTIST OF THE USSR LEONIDOV On October 7, 1898, at the premiere of Tsar Fyodor, when the curtain opened, Andrei Shuisky's words were the first to be heard: "Yes, yes, I strongly hope for this." These words turned out to be prophetic, Andrei Shuisky's hope for this deed was justified. This case is now called the Moscow Order of Lenin and the Red Banner of Labor. The Art Academic Theater of the USSR. Gorky. The theater has existed for 40 years and yesterday entered the 5th decade. The government recognized the theater and theater workers with high awards for the past, but mainly for the future. We have been raised to a great height, and Konstantin Sergeevich's dream of a tower theater has come true. The Moscow Art Theater should be a tower by which the theatrical art of our great Union should be equal, but do not think that it is simply that it is easy, this requires a great concentration of the entire team, super exemplary discipline, a real creative atmosphere, a complete absence of any conceit, dizziness from success, everyone should understand that in the Moscow Art Theater, be he talented, but if your attention is focused only on yourself, if the whole performance is not dear to you, it turns out not the Moscow Art Theater, but a tour, or a concert in the Hall of Columns with the participation of such and such / aplod./ Are there not enough talented workers in other theaters? There are many, very many, but they did not have the main thing - they did not have Konstantin Sergeevich and Vladimir Ivanovich, who laid the foundation for such a huge building, like the Moscow Art Theater. They brought us up, instilled in us a taste, love for work, for real art, for the great artistic truth on the stage, it is they, with the advent of Soviet power, so carefully, so keenly Perhaps, without haste, they transferred the theater to Soviet, real rails (applause), swept aside everything that was outdated, not real, that did not correspond to our great socialist construction, and preserved everything valuable, everything eternal, which is the strength of the Moscow Art Theater - the method of work, depth in work, burning , discipline, high culture. In addition, they realized that it is impossible to create in the theater without the political sensation of our Stalinist era (applause.) So, forward to victories to the Glory of the Art Theater, to the Glory of Soviet art (applause). 3 / sync. / 40th ANNIVERSARY OF MKHAT Moscow October 26, 1938 IN THE MATERIAL: Artist A.I. Cheban / sync. / Speech by A.I. Cheban The cultural and world significance of the Moscow Art Theater is a generally recognized historical fact, a lot has been written about this, it has been said, and this is an absolutely historically established fact. The very word Moscow Art Theater, the Art Theater - this building, these walls, a poster, a reporter for the Art Theater, a play, favorite images from performances, favorite artists - performers of these roles - all this has a colossal pull, an attractive force, a colossal attractive force, this is some kind of then a super-powerful electromagnet, be it the name of the Art Theater, be it a name, say "The Cherry Orchard", take any name, an artist of the Art Theater, no matter how young, it is enough to say this phrase, it has a colossal attractive power. You and I managed to make sure of this in life. And this colossal attractive force was especially clearly revealed yesterday, this in the morning you could hear or read in the newspapers, this is a colossal emphasis on the Art Theater on the part of the Soviet Union. to this bed of our high leaders, who are already occupied with the highest responsibility by matters of state importance, but, nevertheless, this attractive force, which I am talking about, showed its effect here too - all our Soviet government was present yesterday at our anniversary celebration. All this emphasizes my main idea that the Moscow Art Theater has a colossal attractive power. I say all this because we should not forget about it, we should not get used to it. This needs, I don’t know, well, at least five minutes a day, at least five seconds a day, but it’s necessary to live with it, it must be remembered, because, as yesterday, in Vladimir Ivanovich’s response, it was noted that the Art Theater was historically In response, Vladimir Ivanovich said that living at the top is very responsible, and this is what I want to say that we must remember - very responsible.

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