Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The man was one James Burkitt, stalwart, 40-year-old, shock-headed native of Mississippi (white), whose activities have ranged from puddling iron to selling real estate and reading books on municipal government. Last winter, after living in Jersey City for ten years, Mr. Burkitt arose as a giant of...
Mr. Tate has studied his character closely. In Jackson he finds something akin to madness-perhaps the madness of a genius. Jackson has sometimes been compared to Cromwell, and though the analogy does not fit very closely, Mr. Tate shows that Jackson studied the Bible even more thoroughly than he...
Here's Howe! When spring comes to Manhattan, the theatre season dies. Its swan song is heard, drifting slyly into the noisy streets, from playhouses wherein musical shows now blossom brightly in the dark. This one was written by famed Roger Wolfe Kahn who again displays his competence to...
The Man Who Laughs violates the three classic lunacies of cinema: 1) never follow closely the story of a great literary master; 2) always have at least one character who looks like the man in the Arrow collar advertisements; 3) never be thoroughly morbid. Hence, The Man Who Laughs is...
The Author. France, patron of the arts, frequently offers her young authors the travel and leisure of the diplomatic service (Paul Claudel, Jean Giraudoux). Author Morand has been attached to the embassies of London, Rome, Madrid, and finally Bangkok. To and from this last post he traveled by way of...