Word: illusionality
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Mata Hari (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). One of the legends about Mata Hari, a Parisian cabaret dancer who was executed for espionage during the War, says that she was unable to break herself of the habit of taking off her clothes at crucial moments and was therefore naked when she faced...
The Vagabond's head was full of romantic confusion. The Garibaldi of '49 fighting a lost battle on the walls of Rome moved in the blue smoke which filled the room and penetrated the imagination. This man who was to lead a tortured Italy to unity and freedom seemed to...
"It was half past four toward evening of Monday, Nov. 2. While I was sailing with all sails drawing under a half gale from the north in Chesapeake Bay, I was under a lee shore. The sun was sinking. To my surprise the glare on the water became unbearable to...
Supplementary material on the programme is "The Girl Habit" with Charlie Ruggles. It is incomprehensible why an actor who has made whatever reputation he has as an inebriate should, when the time comes to be featured, play without the liquid illusion. "The Girl Habit", despite spasmodic excellences of pantomime, proves...
There is no doubting that lately the roles assayed by Ruth Chatterton have been too much of a piece to afford a full display of her prowess, and it is too bad that at a time when she sadly needs cooperation she should be made the victim of a tenth...