Word: bitting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hold that!" was His Royal Highness' cry when he wanted a choice bit run through a second time. Bits dated as far back as 1910, when this Edward became Prince of Wales on the death of Edward VII. Good bits: a springing tiger shot by H. R. H. in India; huge Archie Compstoa teaching him to golf...
Maurice Colburne is the detestable prince who opens his interview with Princess Anne by informing her "I don't like you." Our personal opinion that his makeup and accent were a bit obvious was overridden by the audience in general which seemed happily affected by all that went...
...beauty of "Miss Lulu Bett" lies not in the plot, which is perhaps a bit obvious at times, but in the superb characterization of Middle-Western family life, admirably carried out by an able cast. Francis G. Cleveland, as the dentist who loves nothing better than to read the evening paper undisturbed and to rule his family with an iron hand, plays his part capably. So also does Marjorie Holman, as the lady of the household who thinks entirely in terms of what the neighbors will think about this and that. The whole cast, in fact; is well chosen...
...bit of good news came from the Argentine last week. Following heavy wheat shipments to Japan, 22,000 tons of Argentine wheat were sold to Chinese millers, will be shipped before the end of the month...
...meantime, why fret about it? I have been shaving this funny old face every Sunday. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for years and years. I have come to look on it as a mask behind which lies the reality that it has to hide. It is getting a bit battered and shopworn. Perhaps it would not be such a bad idea to cast it off and let dust return to dust...