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Word: alison (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...lady's husband is in turn involved with Mr. Warwick's wife and the virgin moves safely toward matrimony with a gracious man-about-town. The bedroom doors are all well oiled; they function silently, ceaselessly. What philosophy the play contains issues from the mouth of matronly Alison Skipworth as a Long Island Wife of Bath. Early in the evening she observes: "There is a spirit of unrest in the air, and one feels the breath of Eros blowing in from the garden." Later she delivers a homily on the piquancy of Victorian underwear. She also says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 2, 1929 | 12/2/1929 | See Source »

...Alexander Alison Jr. (First Presbyterian Church, Bridgeport, Conn.) last week conducted a Honeymoon Reunion in his parish house. One hundred Alison-married couples attended. Many others sent regrets. The purpose: to discover the secret of a happy married life. Results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Honeymoon Reunion | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...Said Mr. Alison's son, Valentine: "The secret is to have lasting love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Honeymoon Reunion | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...acting in Hotbed is enough to make it somewhat exciting. William Ingersoll is the bad goodman, Alison Bradshaw his daughter, and Richard Stevenson the assistant professor detected in a process of seduction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 19, 1928 | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

...Russel Grouse, columnist of the New York Evening Post, making his demure debut on the stage. For the antics of Columnist Grouse all critics had a pretty word to say. Walter Winchell of the New York Evening Graphic called him SourCrouse while the Actor-Journalist's wife, Alison Smith, able critic for the New York World, paid her husband the neatest compliment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Sep. 10, 1928 | 9/10/1928 | See Source »

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