Word: cutely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Unfortunately in the last two acts the careless laughter begins to sound more like an old maid's skittish giggle. The characters become a little giddy, the author turns a little cute, the plot turns a little silly, and Director Max Reinhardt's German sense of gaiety turns alarmingly roguish. But the wonder is not that Wilder's old horse finally breaks down. The wonder is that it trots so gaily, canters so jauntily, for as long as it does...
...That (Mildred Bailey: Vocalion). Cute-lyric-of-the-month (Frank Loesser's, from the film St. Louis Blues...
Last week motion and sound definitely entered the displays of Fifth Avenue stores below 42nd Street. At Altman's big toys revolved in the windows. In each window at Franklin Simon's a cute white angel stood at a cute white organ under changing colored lights while organ music breathed from lofty loudspeakers. Lord & Taylor had windows full of its famed big, swinging golden bells with chime accompaniment, the same as last Christmas-the first "repeat" in recent Fifth Avenue history...
...full Professor of Philosophy. Now 41, and one of Columbia's most popular professors, he is also credited, through his writings, with an increased attendance in philosophy courses at other colleges as well. As a teacher of philosophy he no longer runs the risk of being called cute. As a philosopher in his own right, he might still tempt some old philosopher...
Saroyan's cute childhood, his poverty, his poignant memory of every hamburger he ever ate, his nutty relatives-the subjects of most of his previous stories-are the subjects of about half of the 35 stories in The Trouble With Tigers. The other half-exhibiting Saroyan's fiercest inhaling and exhaling to date-consists of stories about Hollywood and essays on the contemporary idiocy of Man in general. Besides working last year as a cinema writer, Saroyan evidently studied up on Dostoyevsky and Whitman...