Word: accents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...will go a long way to hear of and then to find a really funny book. Mr. Podd is apparently on the way to the best seller lists. Freeman Tilden himself is a serious, short, sturdy little man. He speaks with the clipped phrases and the unmistakable accent of New England. He has spent some years in England because he says that it is so comfortable to feel oneself secure among one's ancestors...
...statesman, was once considered to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. The beginning and the end of Karolyi's influence in politics lies between October 31, 1918, and March 22. 1919. It has been written of him that he is the "Pure Fool of Hungary with the accent on the pure." Recently the Budapest Supreme Court confiscated his lands, finding him guilty of high treason. There is no question of accents. Karolyi is either a fool or a traitor; most probably a fool: At the end of October, 1918, he formed the Hungarian Provisional National Assembly, and some...
POLLY PREFERRED-A diverting splutter of salesmanship, southern accent, money and a movie director. Opens in the Automat and closes in Hollywood. Genevieve Tobin is " Polly...
...different and spine-chilling ways than any other actress on the Parisian stage) will lead the company. Eye-gouging, vitriol-throwing and premature burial are some the jovial themes employed in previous Grand Guignol productions. R. U. R. is opening in London shortly. A robot with a genuinely English accent should be the height of something or other-ingenuity, perhaps. The outdoor show business at Coney Island is almost in full swing. Hot dogs sizzle along the boardwalk-barkers bark-"the only genuine saltwater taffy" clogs conversation everywhere. The most popular new attraction at present at Coney is said...
POLLY PREFERRED-A diverting splutter of salesmanship, southern accent, money and a movie director. Opens in the Automat and closes in Hollywood. Genevieve Tobin is " Polly...