Word: charming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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That Where Sinners Meet is a genuinely amusing farce is due less to the smug whimsicalities of A. A. Milne's The Dover Road, from which it derives, than to the charm and delicacy with which it was directed by J. Walter Ruben and acted by an expert cast. Clive Brook is almost as funny while manipulating his guests into embarrassing situations as Reginald Owen while uttering sleepy roars of indignation at finding himself in a predicament he cannot understand. Diana Wynyard's cool and enigmatic smile gives an accent of high comedy to sequences which might otherwise...
Enlivened by many moments of charm and genuine humor this commonplace story is saved from being wholly doleful or depressing. Miss Sullavan is aided considerably by a distinguished group of players in accomplishing this. Mr. Borgage has created a thoroughly German atmosphere in attractive settings and has made the events believable. Miss Sullavan's ability and beauty and the distinguished direction will make you forget all about the shortcomings of the plot...
...Ella Roole faded rapidly yesterday as attractive Mrs. Blsir Moody of Detroit, lightened the quiet background of the CRIMSON office with her youthful appearance. This was no Carrie Nation who came to speak on the evils of liquor; the girl in the brown and tan sports suit had charm, a new avenue of approach, which the recently formed Allied Youth Movement or, as one of her aides described it. Temperance Gone High Hat is using against liquor...
Lending grace and charm, will be the following enchanting usherettes: Natalie Appleton, Frances Cheever, Barbara Eustis, Pauline de Frise, Louise Howe, Molly Nesmith, Marion Reggio, Eleaner Shaw, Dorothy Stone, Lucy Stone, Mary Strong, Anne Talbot, Catherine Tappan, Barbara Taylor, Frances Turner, Marion Ware, and Alice Williams...
President Ernest Martin Hopkins delivered the eulogy: "He had strength of character combined with a sweetness which made it persuasive. He had uncommon mental capacity, entirely devoid of intellectual arrogance. He had that charm of personality which attaches to one of independent judgment. He had that quality of soul which makes a man a spiritual influence, whether within or without the forms of conventional religious expression. Remembrance of him is too vivid to put in the past tense. The memories of him are of a boy whom to know about was to admire, whom to work with was to respect...