Word: illusionment
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Valencia (Mae Murray). Dimitri Buchowetzki wrote the scenario, directed the production of a ham idyl that tells how Valencia of Barcelona, coy charmer, preferred a handsome sailor (Lloyd Hughes) to a smirking Governor (Roy D'Arcy). Clumsy framework pokes through a cheesecloth illusion.
Dr. Joseph Jastrow of the University of Wisconsin replied, not sparing Sir Arthur in his absence. He put spiritism in a class with witchcraft, hysteria and paranoiac illusion, charging spiritualists, as distinct from psychic researchers, with "wishful thinking and logic-blindness." He was at pains, however, to appreciate the large...
Lily Sue. "Maw, if yer never prayed before, pray now, while I ride to save 'Duke' from the drunken lynchers." Clip-clop, clip- clop-the heroine's off-stage horse arrives in time for a happy ending. The popularity of the cowboy thriller is revived by Willard...
Sandor Turai, mellow cynic, would rather his dear Albert retain a beautiful illusion than know the bitter truth. So he writes a play during the night, works the scandalous conversation into the dialogue, makes the two culprits act it before the houseparty guests, thus makes the naughty prima donna partner...
By lights and by sets the Repertory has sought its effects, and the scene designers have succeeded where the actors fail. The lighting, changing as the moods of the players change, contributes immensely to the illusion of professionalism. It remains for the actors to destroy the illusion.