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...Listening In" has many exciting moments. Indeed, as Jonathan Cumberland remarks to Mr. Morrison in the Prologue, "The action begins the moment you move in here." A house abandoned for twenty years lends manifold opportunities for holding the audience breathless, and if the thrills, like those of a roller-coaster, generally bring up short with a laugh, no one is the worse for it. Even the announced intention of the mysterious Mr. Morrison at the outset to prove that all spiritualism is the work of human hands does not impair the goose-fleshy qualities of Bleeker Hall. The fact that...
...feared that the general effect of the films will be about as convincing as the acting of the lions in a melodrama, after the first few minutes of play. The action will be there but somehow there will be missing the spontaneous sincerity which holds the audience breathless in its seats...
...brilliancy in the opening session, lapsing almost to the breaking point towards the half, rallying at last in a desperate and effective effort to retrieve victory, the University basketball-team-won out in its struggle with the New Hampshire quintet at Hemenway Gymnasium last night. After 30 minutes of breathless play, with the two teams dead-locked at 23-all, the striving Crimson five pulled ahead and slowly pressed their advantage till the final whistle blew with the score...
Mystery submerged in comedy, melodrama bubbling over into farce--that is "The Nightcap" which began Its run at the Wilbur on Monday. There are many exciting moments--scenes which in a different atmosphere would have held the spectators breathless; to be sure, the audience was breathless anyhow, but in this case it was too spent with laughter to move. It could only sit and wait for the comedian, John Murphy, to crack another joke. Nor was it ever disappointed; the joke was always forth-coming and, what is more, it was always good. After two minutes of Mr. Murphy...
Florence Moore, star comedience of "Breakfast in Bed", is the headliner at Keith's this week, offering some unusual songs and an above-the-average line of jokes. Her act seems a little breathless, however, especially in contrast with the easy-going patter of Jack Benney, who amuses highly without apparent effort. Palo and Palet, "Less Bouffons Musical" received the warmest reception of all on Monday night, after their offerings on the accordion, saxophone, clarinet, trombone, and other wind instruments. They played with a versatility and ease which astonished the audience and brought many rounds of applause. Franklyn and Charles...