sentences:  Her performance as Irene De Montcel in the first English-language production of "The Captive," Edouard Bourdet's lesbian-themed drama, led to her arrest (along with the rest of the cast) on February 9, 1927.This arrest, reflecting 1920s attitudes about homosexuality, contributed to her lack of a film career and possibly to her divorce from Bogart.Menken was a major presence behind the scenes in the theater world, especially at the American Theatre Wing.