Word: characterized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Cartoonist Harold Gray, creator of Little Orphan Annie, has little trouble getting his character into direly complicated situations. Last week the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate, which features Annie, was in an awkward spot itself. Annie had just been saved by benevolent Arunah Blade from unscrupulous Brittlewit who had...
Ethel Barrymore is superb in the role of Sara. Although the role is that of a dominant person, Miss Barrymore has happily realized that all Sara's command is feminine, and has attached no masculinity to the character. Dudley Digges as Magnate Clevenger carries the impersonation to perfection without falling...
The Burr Scholarship, established in 1914 in memory of Francis H. Burr '09, by his friends, is awarded each year to a senior who "combines as nearly as possible Burr's remarkable qualities of character, leaderships, scholarship, and athletic ability."
Angel Island (by Bernie Angus; produced by George Abbott) lures a company of glinty-eyed weekenders to its shores with tales of buried treasure. Two murders are done, everybody suspects everybody else, while the audience keeps its eye on the shifty butler. Finally a character who might easily have been...
Irene Dunne, who stepped from opera and musical leads (Show Boat) to cinema character roles that carried her from youth to grey old age (Cimarron, Show Boat), put her foot down last year, demanded comedy. Her astonishing hoe-down interlude in Show Boat indicated her aptitude for lighter things. Theodora...