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The common characteristic is possession of a savoir faire that scarcely ever deserts its owner in the face of any situation and that enables him to act calmly in defiance of whatever visceral sensations he may be experiencing. The average American interprets this savoir faire as snobbery; in reality it...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "HARVARD CAN NO MORE BE COMPARED TO WILLIAMS THAN AN ELEPHANT TO A ROSE" | 5/29/1925 | See Source »

Between acts Mr. Richards appeared with a trombone, about as large as himself and did some very silly and ridiculous things with the assistance of the irrepressible Miss Clark. He left behind him a very pleasant and amusing impression which this reviewer will retain as long as he remembers the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/28/1925 | See Source »

The Bride Retires. This product, adapted by Henry Baron from the French of Felix Gendera, was chiefly valuable for its reintroduction of Lila Lee to the speaking stage. She used to be a child actress and spoke her various pieces from many a vaudeville rostrum. Then came long years in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: May 25, 1925 | 5/25/1925 | See Source »

At night, the dome and portico of St. Peter's and the obelisk in St. Peter's Square, which Caligula brought from Egypt, were illuminated for the first time since 1870, when the Papacy was deprived of its temporal power. The illumination was done not with electricity but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: La Petite Fleur | 5/25/1925 | See Source »

To speak of this treatment in terms of Modernism or Expressionism is considerably to confuse the issue. With so much rather frenzied chatter about Modernism, one gets the impression that a mythical younger generation is about to invade the drama with guns, saxophones, poetry and (God save the mark!) Expressionism...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC CLUB PLAY CORKING LOVE STORY | 5/13/1925 | See Source »

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