Word: offing
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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The old theme is the racing of horses in a "fashionable hunting community near New York," featuring a third act filled with field glasses and people; the customary "They're off!!" and a tremendously exciting, though second-hand, steeplechase. That is the old theme and the new wrinkle is, of...
The transplanting of Mr. Collier from the scenes of "Nothing but the Truth" and "Nothing but Lies" to the haunts of the idlest rich, busied only by bolshevist butlers and refractory race-horses offers the happiest medium for the Collierisms that kept the audience in one continuous chuckle from his...
The action moves swiftly throughout the entire play; to Miss Elizabeth Moffat much credit is due for awakening, in the first scene, the risibilities of the expectant audience. The butler, Donald Meek, was an admirable foil to the harrassed hero and featured an amusing scene portraying the economic emancipation of...
There is no exaggeration in the claim that "The Hottentot" is "the biggest success of Mr. Collier's career."
The next few months will prove a critical period in the history of railroading, if we are to believe Mr. Daniel Willard, president of the B. and O. The railroads, he frankly admits, are on trial to see whether they are to remain with their private owners or go once...