Word: barreness
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...Manhattan last spring a New York City detective named Louis Barr found Vincent Burke, director of the Olympian League of Nudists, sitting at a desk in front of Topel's Swimming School. Mr. Burke had rented the establishment for a nudist assembly, in brazen violation, Detective Barr suspected, of State laws against lewdness, indecency and nuisances...
...detective showed Mr. Burke a letter inviting a "Dear Friend" to the Olympian League's annual Nudism Forward Campaign. "How much would it cost?" "One dollar for single men, or single or married couples," answered Mr. Burke. Detective Barr had a Miss Anna Brady, a policewoman in plain clothes, with him. Both entered...
...gymnasium Mr. Barr and Miss Brady saw, they later said, "some ten men without any clothing whatever playing handball, and others tossing a medicine ball. Four women entered the dressing room, removed their clothes, and appeared on the gymnasium floor in the nude...
...usual, Mr. Arliss is himself in an excellent comedy production, and this time he is not hampered by the exactions of an historical role. Cabot Barr--for some reason not entirely clear, the last gentleman--is a crotchety old New Englander, who delights in insulting the lesser members of his family. And it is a compliment to his ability that he can insult them, for they are a pretty scaly lot. His sister Augusta (Edna May Oliver) is a scrawny, self-starting weeper; his only son (Donald Meek) is a fawning, scheming hypocrite, who spends his time making a record...
...Cabot Barr summons his happy family to his mansion to attend a memorial service for another member of the family who is supposed to have died in China. The service is broken up by the unexpected striking of Cabot's hundred odd clocks, which were supposed to have been stopped for the ceremony. Investigation discloses the fact the Cabot's granddaughter (Charlotte Henry), who was so unfortunate as to be born a girl, had used this method of crossing the old Barr when an adopted son of the family (Frank Albertson) accuses her of making a play...