Word: charming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Density of silver is 10.5; 14-karat gold, 13.2; pure gold, 19.3; pure platinum, 21.5. Georges Barrere's new flute is 90% platinum, 10% iridium, a combination used for the finest jewelry, rating 21.6 in density. But Mr. Barrere plays any flute so expertly, transmits so much personal charm to his audience, that those who heard him last week, tootling away between two potted palms in a salon at Sherry's, wondered whether they were being impressed by the player or the instrument. Case for the platinum flute would have been more convincing if Barrere had given...
...French ballads, it has its merits of its own, which the reviewer found as diverting as the talents of la belle diseuse. The performers are few in number and diverse in talent, but they all possess a great deal of that je ne sais quoi which makes variety entertaining. Charm is the word, though an inadequate one. The acts are arranged cleverly enough to allow not a single let-down, and the pace of the show accelerates to a last act which roused the opening night audience to resounding applause...
...hangover sufferers the State of New York suggests: "Milk, the alkalizer, works like a charm. Overindulgence, afternoon fag, any time acid 'products' accumulate in your blood, simply alkalize with milk...
...picture like "Dance Band" is fine, should one be a personal admirer of Buddy Rogers, his charm, acting ability--but need we rhapsodize further? Smoothie maestro Rogers has a hard time impressing band-mistress June Clyde with his obvious merits until he gets a black eye in her service. That's the plot. The interstices are filled by views of various orchestras, Rogers tooting on various instruments, and amateurish hip-wiggling by June Clyde. There is a fairly good tune called the "Valparaiso," and a passable Spanish dance team, which, however, are soon forgotten when the movie returns...
...chief charm of the Bronx is the zoo. And, gentle readers, isn't that what makes the Vagabond the charming old rascal that he is--that he likes such things? What's the Cotton Club compared to a cage of acrobatic monkeys? Feed a fair one at the Ritz at two-fifty a plate; feed the animals in the zoo--but they won't let you--at five cents a bag--and much more fun! Philosopher thou art right: How distorted our sense of values is! Then on Friday the Vagabond heard Rudy Vallee at the Waldorf; on Sunday--with...