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...pretty faces, there are Ann Pennington's dimpled knees, there are some settings of real beauty, there are curtains by R. Marsh, there are notable costumes. And the music is not offensive. Brooke Johns wields his voice and his banjo to good effect. Unfortunately there is also a plot-something about a magic chair that makes you tell the truth. The heroine injudiciously sits in it just before getting married. That, of course, makes tho wedding impossible, and it is some time before she can get started all over again on another one. There are also a few clearly...
...shown them the error of their ways and they admit that, with this new thing in their lives, it would be impossible for them to continue the deception. The last and hardest to reform is "Doc" Madison. Not until the Patriarch tells him that he knew of the plot from the very beginning, does "Doc" have faith enough to tear up the ill-got cheeks and marry Helena. And they lived happily ever after? Perhaps...
...Miracle Man, himself does not make the audience believe in his power. He is merely a nice old man with ideas. And the criminals in their turn, as they one by one fall under the healer's magic spell, never seem to do more than move the plot toward the inevitable happy ending. George Cohan has written too many musical comedies to write a convincing play...
...Bavaria that the latest scare has come. Herr Severing Minister of the interior, exposed to the Reich on Friday a far-reaching plot of the ultra-reactionaries in Bavaria against the government. On Saturday he followed this up with an almost hysterical message to the police all over Germany of "heightened alarm preparedness". The voice in the whirlwind is Herr Hitler, leader of the National Socialist party in Bavaria. This party has cemented itself with the Liberty party in Prussia, and Herr Severing asserts that the whole movement is backed by the ominous Ludendorff. Certain Paul Reveres in automobiles sent...
...Hamar Greenwood, former Chief Secretary for Ireland: "The London Daily Sketch published a detailed account of an Irish plot to assassinate Bonar Law, Lloyd George, myself, and others high in the British Government...