Word: beane
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Christopher Bean (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). At the house of a placid, kindly New England physician there arrives one day an art dealer who is curious about a young man, a painter, who died there many years before. The art dealer is followed by others of his kind. It turns out that the late Christopher Bean's paintings, considered worthless while he was alive, are now worth fabulous sums. The art dealers want to know whether the doctor had kept...
...retainer (Marie Dressier), produces an unusually dextrous and amusing comedy, partly in the mood of Moliere farce, as it exposes greed and ingratitude in Dr. Haggett, partly as romance when it turns out that the Raggett's old-maid servant is not only the subject of a magnificent Bean portrait but also Bean's widow, tenderly devoted to his memory...
...SCARLET MESSENGER-Henry Holt-Crime Club ($2). Murder by knife, extortion by letter, intimidation by tonga bean bring Inspector Silver and Friend Collinson in & out of another mystery...
Plymouth--"The Late Mr. Christopher Bean." Pauline Lord and a polished cast bring a 1932 New York comedy hit to Boston. Good clean entertainment. Last week...
Some plays are popular because of the fierce excitement brought about by a succession of crises in the plot. Others attract the public because the characters are well-known and likeable. "The Late Christopher Bean" is of this latter genre. With Miss Lord it seems to do well...