Word: appealing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...down-to-earth, practical. Our appeal is to the matter-of-fact, mechanically-minded man, who can make things and do things, and who knows or wants to know what makes the wheels go 'round...
...tribute to the finesse with which Director Henry Koster handled Adele Comandini's script and to the acting of an expert and experienced supporting cast. That the heroine, instead of seeming an obnoxious little prig more terrifying than Boris Karloff in a fright-wig, possesses instead the appeal of a talented and attractive child is due principally to the actress who has now replaced Karloff as Universal's outstanding attraction, 14-year-old Deanna Durbin...
...Student Council also voted to give a sum of $250 to the Red Cross in accordance with its annual custom. This gift is in lieu of a direct appeal to undergraduates for contributions...
...even the Warner Bros. publicity department could straightfacedly recomend "The Captain's Kid", for the adjectives in the advance notice begin with "it is said to be". Miss Sibyl Jason is one of the cute baby actresses who set back the public with winsome appeal. Although more natural and healthy than la Temple, she is ill served by her studio. The great Duse herself would fail to delight if continually coddled by an old sea captain like Guy Kibbee. A summer resort is the scene of mild melodrame concerning a pirate treasure hunt and two gangsters up from the city...
...Guardian" its subject matter will be drawn from the outside world, its appeal will be limited to perhaps a fourth of the College. But it must capture that fourth if it is to exist. Its specific aims, as well as its support by the faculty, insure a better chance of perpetuation than the "Monthly". Further, its position will not be nearly as competitive as the latter magazine...