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...whole matter is the singing of Lawrence Tibbet, young Metropolitan star. Naturally, any review of his efforts belongs properly to the music-critic; it is enough to say that his performance is distinctly appealing to the layman. The choruses are so far removed from the Tiller-Girl type that comparison is futile; they were probably the kind the "gay nineties" reveled in. In the Technicolor sets and the varied camera-shots the hand of the director and the essence of true cinema art may be discerned. The settings are artistically artificial, something entirely different from the lavish Ziegfeld decorations. They...
...Bebe Daniels, she indulges in the flippancies of a semi demi-mondaine and ends up by landing a sailor with a hefty punch and talent in harmonica playing. If this picture does nothing else, it makes the feature seem better by comparison...
...while it won over Navy, 5 to 4, Cornell, 6 to 3, and Pennsylvania, 7 to 2. Although the team was tied with the Navy for third place, having won three and lost two matches, the Navy was given the position because it had lost only 15 bouts, in comparison with the Crimson's 20. Yale was the winner in this division, with the Army second. In the epee, Yale was victor, followed by Columbia, and in the sabre, Columbia placed first with the Army second...
Although not officially a Harvard institution, the first and natural comparison is with Professor G. P. Baker's Forty Seven Workshop which was at Harvard several years ago. At that time the basement of Massachusetts Hall sufficed for a training school for a group of men who are today one of the most prominent forces in the American theatre, and most of whom are at present on the board of the new school. Today, however, with the increasing complexity of the dramatic situation and the spreading and growth of complete dramatic schools elsewhere, such simple equipment as that...
Scandal), made five-hour speeches in Parliament, bet foolishly on innumerable horses, was buried with high ritual in Westminster Abbey. He was a breath-taking swell; far sweller than the lacy-sleeved heroes of his dramas. Even Captain Jack Absolute of The Rivals pales by comparison with his dashing creator. Captain Jack, as everyone well-versed in English drama knows, conducts his courtship of Miss Lydia Languish under an assumed name, because she is so rich herself that she fancies a penurious lover. Lydia is in care of the imposing, loquacious Mrs. Malaprop, who moves with the majesty...