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Word: rewinning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...words were, "Here comes my beautiful Paris!" the cast burst into laughter, began to ad lib, until the audience stamped in unison. Quarreling with his father, Sacha ran away. He appeared in a comedy in the provinces, lost his mustachios, forgot his lines, and in a desperate attempt to rewin his audience leaned too far out the window of the set, bumped his head, fell flat on the floor. Next day his contract was canceled. Conscious of a vast relief, he sat down that same day, wrote the first act of Nona, his first success, in two hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Guitry's Growing-Up | 10/14/1935 | See Source »

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