Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Despite the familiar material utilized, the book is interesting and its story is coherently told. The plot centers on the attempts of the gallant and worldly-wise (and, as usual, much in debt) Captain Poildeau to find "The Beautiful Unknown," and gives in the running of its course opportunities for various characterizations in both serious and comedy fields. Charles Purcell as Captain Poildeau sings and acts in his usual manner; Miss Follies as "the daughter of the regiment" is dainty and sings prettily; and Miss Odell does an excellent bit of acting in the bazaar scene. Although the comedians--Messrs...
...three acts, the plot centres about the clash of Hungarian customs with American ideals, the former represented in the hero, and the latter in the American heroine. Miss Loveman is a nature of Hungary, so that her local color and characterization come at first hand...
...Lost Ships." "The Little Cards," by John Redhead Froome, deals with the life of an immigrant on Ellis Island. It shows the effect of the Binet test in admitting many of the most objectionable immigrants, while desirable ones are often excluded. The Black Hand is also involved in the plot...
...plot concerns the complications resulting from an agreement between two rulers of adjoining kingdoms made upon the arrival of an heir in each of the royal families, and providing for the marriage of the children when they become of age. Amusing situations result when the heirs grow up and have inclinations of their...
There are few musical comedies nowadays that do not have royalty or palace settings in them somewhere, and the Pi Eta Show follows in the groove; but the monotony of the subject is relieved by humorous situations, witty lines, and hopeless tangles. The plot is as improbable as any musical comedy plot, but it has distinction in that it works out to a really definite conclusion...