Word: illusionism
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The crowd kept quiet as the long line of thoroughbreds came out of the gate at Churchill Downs and moved slowly up the midway in the rain. Then they saw Earle Sande on Gallant Fox, seventh in line, and a few people shouted; Sande tipped his cap. Tannery, the horse...
In Act III audiences almost forget that they are witnessing a clever tour de force and dramatic illusion dominates. Rikolnikoff proves to be "just like the rest" and Alice stabs him, unhappily forgetting to remove her scarf from his chambers. Her husband informs her that he has remarried. The telephone...
The relation which the events of Hotel Universe bear to reality is genuine but insufficiently obvious for the purposes of drama. Moreover, the brilliantly perceived perplexities of the preciously unhappy subjects are frequently made ridiculous by the fact that it was only possible for Author Barry to express them in...
Miss De Vries in the leading role makes a quite piquant widow in spite of her not particularly pleasant voice, and as for Donald Brian, it is impossible to imagine that he played the same part in 1907. Mr. Figman in the part of the ambassador is thoroughly amusing while...
Mr. Seldes has compiled most of his ideas in this volume with the purpose of attempting to forsee the future development of the movies and their position as the greatest form of popular amusement that the world has ever had. He presents a great deal of excellent material on the...