Word: coye
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...calm was the satire of Author Anita Loos' famed opus, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, that, when translated into cinematic dialect, it seemed probable that only a faint echo of its hilarity would remain. Such is not the case. Ruth Taylor as the very arch criminal, Lorelei Lee, is so coy, and cogently appealing that it becomes easy to believe in her conquest first of the vulgar but munificent Mr. Eisman, then of the wan but even more wealthy Henry Spoffard. Dorothy Shaw, the hard-boiled bantam brunette who assists the capricious avarice of Lorelei, is neatly played by Alice White...
...play only begins with them. The laurels are all Miss Eagels'. Throughout the three acts--and she is on the stage practically all the time--she is cold or capricious or coy with a change of pace and a never-failing charm that causes a continuous accompaniment of laughter from the audience...
...Mitchell Depew, another survivor of a fibrous generation of railroad men, Marvin Hughitt was bothered by newsmongers because he continued to go to his office every day, despite the fact that he had reached an age never attained by less sturdy toilers. When, recently, he was asked by a coy cub reporter what advice he had to give the younger generation, Marvin Hughitt took thought for a moment. Then he replied: "Why, none...
Moore (H), Captain Aldrich (H), Captain O'Brien (Y), Hodges (H), Everett (H), Bullock (Y), Hall (Y), Coy (Y), DeMeritt (Y). Time--17 m., 51 s. Score--Harvard 18, Yale...
...Russian lady-of-the-world whose experience extends over and beyond the boiling point, who therefore lures away the bewildered fiance, leaving Betty to marry a bashful doctor of twoscore years and more. Ultimately the best friend recaptures the twice-pilfered fiance. Joan Bourdelle, as Betty of the coy knees and bold lips, lends color to otherwise flat drama...