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...like this.' That is a suggestion which I think is comparable to the way they used to sell grapejuice during Prohibition with accompanying instructions not to put any raisins in because if that were done the grapejuice would ferment. . . . "The character which was depicted combined in appearance the childish with the sophisticated - a round baby face with big eyes and a nose like a button and framed in a somewhat careful coiffure, with a body of which the most noticeable characteristic is the most self-confident little bust imaginable...
...thrown naked upon the outer snow, that the authorities have put a high wooden fence around the entire area and plan next year to raze this whole city block. . . . Suddenly there materializes beside you a group of children, seven, ten, and twelve years old. They have gnomelike, filthy faces, childish eyes, shaggy hair, men's long coats, trousers pinned up or cut and ragged. They shuffle together, taking counsel, then swift as swallows make one after another a leap for the counter, grabbing anything, running like the wind...
...herself for twenty minutes. I have been wary in the past of placing any superlatives on Miss Sideny's ability, but she shows in "Good Dame" that she is as capable an actress as can be found in Hollywood today. One may object to her sensual lips (which is childish, or one may dislike her complacent sniggering, but one will have to admit her superiority to any other actress in the movies today. We say to---with the dramatic critics who claim that the stage is responsible for the geniuses of the movies. As a matter of fact we defy...
Only member of the cast at ease amid this furore is Carol Stone, 17, third daughter of Fred Stone. Theatregoers took instant notice of her ability, childish prettiness and pleasantly mature figure last season when she appeared as a minor rôle replacement in Spring in Autumn. Unlike Sisters Dorothy and Paula, who emulate the capering and caroling of Father Fred, she means to stick to straight drama...
...appearances of U. S. notables was twice attacked. In his New York American column. Poet Richard Le Gallienne complained seriously about the "undistinguished, commonplace, not to say common, appearance of most of our public men." He suggested putting them in wigs. The editors of Life contrived a more childish and practical solution. A page of four photographs called "Whiskerreotypes" in the current issue shows Senator Borah in a Chick Sale goatee. Vice President Garner in a facial fringe that makes him look like President Grant, Postmaster Farley in the handlebar mustachio of an oldtime bar keeper, and New York...