Word: clever
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stendhal novel, ends like a Dostoievskian drama. And the whole thing leaves an impression as unmistakably Italian as a plaster wall painted to look like marble. A tour de force of remarkable virtuosity, this story of a woman's disintegration will linger in readers' minds as a clever analysis but not a revelation...
...will be the first time the band has ever played for a Varsity game, although for the past two years music has been heard at the Class Day game. Because of pressure of studies, members of the band will form no letters or clever formations. Instead, they will remain in their seats, stolidly peering over the bleachers in the hope that a pair of goal-posts will sprout from the pitcher's mound...
...opening evening, the performance ran off smoothly enough. Considering the magnitude of the stage effects and the number of changes, this is in the order of a compliment to the skillful production of Hassard Short. Imitating Hollywood to advantage, the producer has designed all sorts of clever and handsome sets that move about the stage with a rapidity that is as enjoyable to the spectators as the show itself. Possessing all the qualities of a best-seller musical comedy, with a long run already behind it, "The Great Waltz" appears to become something in the nature of an American custom...
...movie producers are commonly known to be. But this is only a beginning. Somebody is made to ask, "Who is Franklin Roosevelt? Chief Justice?" and there you have a sample of the political satire. A very jerky individual ingeniously dubbed Yule Craven bites off a series of excessively clever, occasionally lascivious remarks, and there you have parodied a member of the stage. This impersonation is, by the way, most brilliantly handled by Paul Killiam, Jr., '37, familiar to the followers of the Dramatic Club's doings. Surrealism, safe from parody because nobody could tell the difference between...
...written, too. The title piece, "Wake Up and Swing", and "There's No Wolf Around My Door", might fairly safely have modest success predicted for them in the great outer world. Welles and Bacon have established themselves as most versatile artists indeed. Each had a share in writing the clever book. Bacon did some of the lyrics, and played a prominent role, the broad-if none too deeply-minded Lady Lavinia Doodle. Welles, to occupy his idle moments, played two minor roles and did a suave specialty dance besides...