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...marvel at the sordidness that is occasionally revealed or the peculiar intimacy of the author with human mental processes and physical passions. Several of them may truthfully be accused of realism; but on the whole they are far from that; when the author sees the worst, which is not seldom, he paints it blacker than actuality could conceivably be; when he looks at the beautiful side of life he becomes entangled in a symbolism and altogether unrealism which is difficult to follow...
...like a second class collar advertisement. On his return to the home grounds he frustrates a man with oilless oil wells; the town and his childhood sweetheart collapse at his feet. Indifferent acting and direction shattered what started out to be a simple, sincere narrative of the type so seldom met with in the movies...
...Seldom is a publisher's "blurb" anything more than a mere blurb--a kind of mixture of a botch and a burble. but in the case of "After Disillusion" we have before us something different. The "blurber" here displays" considerable thought and considerable analytic power, and we congratulate Mr. Selwyn on his staff...
Among humorous college magazines, the Lampoon is a kind of phoenix. The others seldom show so distinctly the spirit of the places that they represent. Most of them try too hard to compete with the professional funny magazines, and win their greatest glory in being occasionally quoted for the kind of jests that suit the newspapers; and most of them bristle with aculeate personalities, funny only to those in the know. The Lampoon has reason to be proud of the ease, decency, and geniality with which it reflects the spirit of the College. To have these qualities without being obscure...
...dance to the placid waters of benign old age. When her emotional explosion occurred, coincident with the loss of her child, an elderly matron sitting next your correspondent half rose in her seat and audibly protested its injustice. More conclusive witness of the power of a performance is seldom seen in the Theatre...