Word: box
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rest of the bill is names--Baker, Beetle, Bottle--and they all disappoint. Merely seeing Bottle in a box destroys a beautiful illusion of a deep-dyed villain; also his voice has lost its rasping note. Baker plays an accordion with finesse, even attempting the "Bolero," but his humor has lost its punch. This reviewer may never again appreciate the trio, even on the air, which is a loss to the ham industry. There is also a clever marionette show, which kindly raises the curtain so that the audience may at last see how the intricate system of wires manage...
Some may notice that this tall and impressive woman is making curious gestures with her hands. A closer inspection may give one the suspicion that she is forcibly drawing music out of the box. Possibly Mrs. Rosen may be some fairy queen, reminiscent of the days of Arthur...
When Lucie Bigelow Rosen, wife of the New York banker, Walter T. Rosen '94, faces a small, compact box in the courtyard of the Fogg Art Museum tonight at 8.30 o'clock, her audience will hear strains of Debussy and Bach apparently materializing from thin...
...dopesters are unwilling to admit that the absence of Eddie's copious figure encompassed in that flaming red sweater--his mysterious and fascinating gesticulations to the Press Box, and his incomparable "Ya-a-a-ul-l-l-l nu-u-t-t-ing-g", is a major factor in the disappointing season the Crimson has just experienced...
...film has run its course we witness the scene of the expectant father in the hospital anteroom, the carnival riot when all the members of the troupe shout their riot cry to start things moving, and a fire with Lee Tracy's little boy supposedly locked in a box within the flaming tents. Another explanation of the mediocrity of the picture may be that the theatre believes that a dull setting best sets off a jewel, that their vaudeville may better shine beside a poor film. However that may be, the vaudeville is entertaining and the screen fare distinctly second...