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...Finance Minister, which was attended by a great display of military force both by the Army and the Fascista National Militia: " You may ask the reason for this great display of military strength. It is to show that the Government has armed forces at its disposal. ... It may happen, perchance, that armed forces may help some people to make up their minds. . . . We have solemnly promised to balance the State budget and this promise we must keep at all costs." A royal decree was issued providing for a thorough comb-out of all government departments with a view to cutting...
...best part of the production is the second act. Here is the high point in setting, plot, and acting. We know that something is going to happen and that "Sniffler Evans", Woodruff's double, is to take a major role--just how we can only guess. The murderer's plan, well-concealed from the audience, is not fully revealed until the last moment. Then the ingenuity and awfulness of his nature as already expressed in his utterances stand out in the actual deed...
...acceptance of the position of football, coach at Columbia by Percy D. Haughton, and the success of his system under Robert T. Fisher at Harvard, leads one to wonder what would happen if a Fisher-coached team met a Haughton-coached team. It is like trying to conceive of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object. The mind has visions of a scoreless game and darkness closing down on the field. In desperation the two coaches rush out and advise their respective teams. Mr. Haughton whispers to the quarterback; a most remarkable play is carried through, except that the pigskin...
ANYTHING MIGHT HAPPEN-Edgar Selwyn has written a comedy of mannerly intoxication. Anything might happen, but what actually does is rather amusing than important. Two of Manhattan's most impeccable recently-jilted (Roland Young and Leslie Howard) become inextricably involved with each other's fiancees until the last act, when an extensive readjustment takes place...
MISTER MALATESTA-If everything happened to the audience that Mr. Ricciardi (author and principal actor) intended should happen, there would be a sustained sound of laughter bubbling up through tears. It is another Abie's Irish Rose, with one of the nationalities somewhat altered. The Abie in this case is an Italian immigrant who has acquired wealth and a resolute Hibernian spouse. The attendant complications need scarcely be enumerated. They include the intrusion on the wife's well-ordered domain of organ-grinders and spaghetti-jugglers from Mr. Malatesta's laborious past. They further include a titled...