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Word: comport (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Laura Elizabeth Richards, directed by David Butler, Captain January belongs to a special class of cinema. Neither epic, romance nor extravaganza, it is designed solely as its star's vehicle. The screen play by Sam Hellman, Gladys Lehman and Harry Tugend is pleasantly salty and the supporting players comport themselves as expertly as usual. As an item of entertainment, however, the value of Captain January depends entirely upon the fact that Shirley Temple appears in almost every sequence, grinning, sobbing, dancing, singing, wriggling, pattering down stairs or spitting on her pinafore, as the scenario requires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Peewee's Progress | 4/27/1936 | See Source »

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