Word: cowled
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...When this was not forthcoming he withdrew to live apart, sleeping in his clothes, munching nuts in silence. Only two Californians, Glenn Wessels and Sidney Joseph, have actually seen the completed statue. It is a standing St. Francis, with head bowed and face in the deep shadow of a cowl. Friends of the sculptor busily circulate the rumor that the Italian Government is anxious to buy it, to erect in Assisi...
...restatement of the plot of Smilin' Through"conceived by Jane Cowl who acted in it in 1919-22-can make it seem other than a balderdash tearjerker. Basically this is a fair estimate of the picture. But Smilin' Through possesses also all the qualities which make cinema a persuasive art and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer the most persuasive of cinemanufacturers. Director Sidney Franklin* treated his story with the manner appropriate for an afternoon in the attic peeking at grandmother's love letters. Leslie Howard and Fredric March act with finish and aplomb. Norma Shearer's part, immensely...
...With a Load of Mischief," the American Theatre Society's present offering at the Plymouth Theatre, finds Jane Cowl rather desperately alone in an undeniably difficult play. "The Road to Rome" had set her completely at case; members of the audience went away believing that some of her lines had been spoken extemporaneously; and in Margaret Ayer Barnes' "Jenny," she had the excellent support of Sir Guy Standing. "The Man With a Load of Mischief," however, is neither facile, nor Miss Cowl's supporting players deft. The result is a case of under-playing. Like a tennis player that...
This reviewer, to be perfectly fair, must admit to a certain prejudice against actresses whose fame seems to rest on a weary drawl and a manner that frankly indicates that the world is too much with us. Such are Ruth Chatterton and Jane Cowl. After watching the former suffer the grossness that is masculinity (withal patiently) through two or three films, one suddenly revolts at the eternal repetition. The latter, while a less interesting personality, is not so monotonous. This brings us to the question of just what is acting? Current drama supports two kinds of actors. The first...
...insane George III, and feeling the strength of democracy, peeking over the shoulder of France, so to speak, in order to learn a few more of the battle cries of freedom. A nobleman, Hugh Buckler; with his man, John Buckler; and one of the Prince's paramours, Miss Cowl, with her maid, Marion Evensen; come together in a deserted country inn. Here, in the character and psychology of each, the audience witnesses the clash of the two philosophies of equality and nobility, modified by the individual class and age. It is a brilliant thought, the depicting of this struggle...