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...sawbone's attention. When this has been supplied, Mr. Willis marries little Amy and discovers that he is incapable of begetting any child. With pathos that comes close to bathos, he allows the hired girl to fly away with her true sweetie; he will marry a rawboned backwoodswoman, because she wants him to; "She don't know what she's getting!" is his sardonic curtain line for this compact, severe, if somewhat unconvincing little play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Apr. 30, 1928 | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

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