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...said , "Here the author's great art in the arrangement of matter and sense of climax is most evident. His phrases and lines flow on with an undulating rhythm, with occasional bursts into epic which do not, in spite of the decided change, break the continuity of the plot...
...birth certificates had always been stamped with the footprints of the newly-born-babe--its finger-prints being too minute--Buttercup's famous blunder would be impossible, and that favorite plot-device would be gratefully banished. If everyone securing marriage licenses were to be "printed", divorce charges could be proved with greater certainly, and the possibility of a woman's acquiring an escaped convict for a husband would be slightly lessened...
...suites in College dormitories yesterday to gain an "atmosphere" for part of a new novel he is writing called "The Happy Isles". The hero of Mr. King's book, during the latter part of the story, is a student at Harvard, and it is for this phase of the plot that the author is obtaining his setting. The novel will appear in several installments, the first to be in the March number of Harper's Magazine...
...blended into history to make a film character of Robin Hood. "Eugenie Grandet", rechristened "The Conquering Power," made a "gripping photo-drama". But in all of these the character has appeared ready-made for the actor to interpret. The average scenario supplies nothing more than the mechanics of the plot; the conception of the character is left entirely to the actor, a task which is usually beyond his powers...
...scene of the play is laid in a Dutch villege of the Catskill mountains in 1870, and deals with the effect of the repressive influence of the old-fashioned community on the characters of its inhabitants, especially the women. The plot of the play is modelled on a true incident, related to Mr. Brink, who is himself a native of the Catskills...