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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nearly as bad as "Dog Love", a recent effort, nor is the cast by any means weak. Mr. Hodge has delved into the legal archives of Connecticut and extracted a law which permits a judge to act as witness in his own case, provided both parties agree to allow him. Starting with this comparatively simple point, Hodge complicates the plot by making the judge a woman, the plamtiff the husband of that woman, and the attorney the other man in the divorce case. In other words Mr. Hodge has superimposed his eternal triangle on a compound legal structure that leaves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/18/1926 | See Source »

...refreshing. Miss Hill and Miss Milne did excellent character bits. Although we have already suggested the charm which Mr. Hodge continually displays, it is impossible to put down an accurate estimate of his dramatic ability. Nowhere have we called him a great actor, but our sympathies will not allow us to attack...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/18/1926 | See Source »

Memory Lane. This sounds pretty dull and indeed is. It is a story of sacrifice. A small-town husband is contented to allow his wife to run away with a city chap simply because" he knows she will be happy. Eleanor Boardman is the girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Feb. 15, 1926 | 2/15/1926 | See Source »

...Cabinet" (TIME, Jan. 25), and the Bavarian People's Party, which was intent on getting him out again. The Bavarians denounced Herr Koch as an "arch-unionist" who would take away the "sectional rights" appertaining to the various states of the German Republic. Eventually they forced him to allow another member of his party, Herr Kuelz, to receive the Interior portfolio, which Herr Koch had formerly demanded as his personal "plum" for supporting Dr. Luther. It was Herr Koch who failed in the most promising recent attempt at a "Big Coalition" (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: New Cabinet | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

...yesterday's New York Times, have gone him one better. Where he only powdered, they bring their shaving-tackle to the lecture-room, lather, rub it in or not according to their preferences in shaving-cream, and shave with as much success as lack of a mirror will allow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LATHER AND BLATHER | 2/1/1926 | See Source »

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