Word: booth
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Taylor Barnum, a family friend, he secured his first regular part, that of an aged Negro, in a melodrama at the old Philadelphia Museum (1877). He has since appeared in 325 plays, directing 33 of them. He was leading man for Mme. Modjeska (see p. 44), once supported Edwin Booth. His daughter, Cornelia Otis Skinner, is a famed monologist. One of Actor Skinner's chief rivals in the impersonation of old men is his friend George Arliss (see p. 69). Famed Skinner roles: Richelieu, The Harvester, The Honor of the Family, Kismet...
...Tokyo's chief fire station was ready with hand on the siren cord. At 6:15, just as the full force of the storm broke against the palace walls, lights suddenly appeared. A uniformed aid scurried from a side door across a sanded driveway to a temporary booth where reporters waited. Excited watchers whispered to each other that it had come. Another child was born to the Empress Nagako. Would it be a boy? Would there finally be a direct heir to the throne of Japan? On the roof of the Tokyo fire house the siren hooted mournfully, rose...
...have been. There was of course apparent in Saturday's contest a good deal of ragged play which Coach Carr will set out to eliminate in this week's work. HARVARD WORCESTER Faude, g. g., Whittaker Catinella, r.f.b. l.f.b., Tillin Stollmeyer, l.f.b. r.f.b., Wilson Howe, r.h.b. l.h.b., Walker Kane, Booth, c.h.b. c.h.b., Rice Bland, l.h.b. r.h.b., Barnes Grover, r.o.f. l.o.f., Leibovich Wight, r.i.f. l.i.f., Fulka Broadbent, c.f. c.f., Larson Frame, l.i.f. r.i.f., Hanner Bodde, l.o.f. r.o.f.,Erikson Score--Harvard 3, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 0. Goals--Broadbent 2, Frame. Referee--Garrigan. Time--Four 20-minute periods...
...this year's semi-finals, E. T. Richards of Mt. Vernon, N. Y. and R. F. Carney of Milwaukee, Wisconsin speaking for the Chafee Club will argue against V. V. R. Booth of Bennington, Vermont and R. F. Young of Dayton, Ohio for the Warren Club. The other wing of the semi-final will find Edward Darling of Kingston, Pennsylvania and C. T. Lane of Richmond, Surrey County, England for the Bryce Club opposing C. A. Howard Jr. of Aberdeen, South Dakota and E. B. Hanley '27 of Seattle, Washington of the Scott Club. A unique feature of the arguments...
...describer of leading cinemactors and cinemactresses. He calls Pola Negri "frank, tempestuous"; Janet Gaynor "radiant"; Ernest Torrence "rugged"; John Gilbert "young, reckless." He says that Adolphe Menjou has "fascinating wickedness," that Emil Jannings is the "master craftsman." He admits that the screen still awaits "its Duse and its Booth...