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Word: acted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first act last year was to arrange for the broadcast of a regatta on the Charles to those lining the banks of the river watching the event...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Key May Sponsor Spring Dance | 12/8/1948 | See Source »

...Films opens a contest today which will act the writer of the best movie script submitted a 25 dollar government bond...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Films Opens Writer's Contest | 12/8/1948 | See Source »

...radio show was developed from his act in the current Broadway hit, Inside U.S.A. Shriner was originally hired to do a five-minute monologue, but, in the half-year run of U.S.A., he has gradually edged his monologue up to a high of 18 minutes. "I'm kind of long-winded," he admits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Hoosier Wheezer | 12/6/1948 | See Source »

...first act was a little disconcerting, for two reasons. First, the characters and plot revealed a lack of originality, as mentioned. Second, the difficulty of adjusting oneself to seeing the same actors, who only last week were so exciting as members of Shaw's Heartbreak family, reduced new to the hum-drum bickerings of Mr. Savory's Garth-Banders...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: George and Margaret | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

However, after the second act got under way, reconciliation set in, and with it an awareness that this sort of play frequently has great popular appeal, as attested by "John Loves Mary," "Kiss and Tell," etc., and the laughter in the Copley this week. Moreover, the very talented actors of the group are doing their best job to date...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: George and Margaret | 12/3/1948 | See Source »

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