Word: acted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...town under the influence of the melodramatic performances of a hammy repertory company, Lennox Robinson has written a number of superb scenes, ranging from burlesque to pathos, and they come frequently enough to make the production decidedly on the plus side as entertainment. And-at one point, the second act climax, the burlesque and pathos are combined in a scene that stands out even in this highly touted season...
...meant to take place in a beauty parlor involves nine (not ten) young ladies costumed as fingernails performing a rather vapid series of body movements. But luckily the tempo is fast, and in a few minutes the girls are out there again doing a delightful waltz and jitterbug act. Then a few minutes more, and they're in a dazzling outdoor scene that has a spontaneity seldom seen in professional ice performances...
Second Marshal Robert Cowen 2nd will be in charge of Class Day and will act as first marshal at commencement, O'Donnell having already graduated. Assisting Cowen in Class Day management will be William M. Ayres, third marshal...
...House Committee on Un-American Activities looked up the old Legan Act which provides three years in jail and $5,000 fine for a citizen having "intercourse" with a foreign government to defeat an American measure and concluded, in the words of Rep. Thomas (R.N.J.), its chairman...
...stock musical plot formulae that Hollywood has available on its shelf for immediate and frequent use, the brothers Metro, Goldwyn, and Mayer have one which they keep all for themselves. This one inevitably involves Jimmy Durante and a couple of other characters of varied talent who get into the act, of whom one quite frequently may be a girl named Kathryn Grayson, who sings. "It Happened in Brooklyn" has something to do with a shy ex-soldier with a great and unrequited love for the well-known borough, accompanied by an assortment of others (girl music teacher, boy piano-player...