Word: candidate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...audience containing as many wives and girl-friends of political bigwigs as Warner's astute publicity department could coax into the theatre. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was invited but did not attend. Had she been there, however, she would probably not have been offended by this candid camera record of female Washington. First Lady is an almost exact celluloid reproduction of the play by Katharine Dayton and George S. Kaufman on which it is based. Its quips are badinage rather than satire, and direct their wit at the immemorial field of petticoat intrigue rather than at any particular person...
Richard Whittemore does a good job as Tommy Harrow, the lean, nonchalant hero. Miriam Clark, borrowed from the Erskine School, puts considerable charm into the role of the candid huntress. L. John Profit, whom the club calls its veteran, does an excellent portrayal of the traditional canny Scott. Peggy Eastall is more than satisfactory as the efficient manager of the concern: the one who comes closest to getting the bills paid. The acting is simplified, since the characters are really types. Even so, William Judd and Harry Buckman are a little stiff in their roles of brokers; and Robert Markewich...
...President Gay unburdened himself of a polite but very generalized reply. Excerpt: "I do not contend that the recent decline in market prices is to be attributed to the condition of the market to which I called attention, or indeed to any single cause. I would be less than candid, however, if I failed to say that recent market developments have confirmed my belief that in the interests of the public and the investor the question of what are wise restrictions upon the scope of the market is an urgent...
Probably the greatest effect of the present candid camera craze has been to make the general public picture-conscious, Frank R. Fraprie, editor of "American Photography," declared yesterday at his Boston office...
...interest of the public in candid photography received further impetus when the newspapers became interested in the idea. City editors, desirous of procuring sensational pictures, eagerly accepted the work of amateur candid photographers...