Word: classics
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sight of Wrigley. Around this case of love at first sight, and the woefully muddling impersonation of Smythe by Wrigley, the plot proceeds to heights of hilarious comedy, and closes with the eventual reconciliation. If all the play were as satisfying as the second act, it would be a classic. As it is, there are moments of brilliance, in a rather bumpy plot...
...strongest recommendation and simultaneously his greatest obstacle to becoming a star is a quality difficult to define except by its effect upon an audience. There is something profoundly inconsequential about his appearance, something gravely and bitterly unimportant about his bearing which stamps his personality with an almost classic insignificance. When you have seen him once you can always forget him; it is this which has made him a memorable comedian...
...earliest Surrealistes, in advance of the movement proper, were Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernest, Paul Klee, and Joan Miro. Chirico's early neo-classic landscapes were more truly landscapes, for the shadows were thrown towards the sun, the sky was perhaps green, and a more than natural poignancy was continually attested by these imperceptible distortions. Besides being a "Surrealiste" Chirico was a master of painting, and continued painting until past the inception of the full-fledged school. Max Ernest, independent of the school, matures day by day in his own inimitable lyricism. The verdict of time will undoubtedly confirm...
...Keith's-"Murders in the Rue Morgne,"-screen adaptation of Poe's classic...
...Mayor Thompson to the magnificent Huey Long of Louisiana, but none of them surpass "Alfalfa Bill" in the hearty buffoonery which is a large part of their appeal. His refusal to shave his moustache on the ground that doing so is injurious to the eyes deserves to be a classic of Americana. The obliging habit of standing on his head for reporters as proof that advanced ago has not destroyed his vigor is likewise a masterpiece of publicity hunting. With the Democratic convention approaching, his efforts for prominence will doubtless be increased. It is an open secret that...