Word: cyrillic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Rustle of Silk. Better than average acting is dissipated in the weakly wandering film from Cosmo Hamilton's novel. Betty Compson, Conway Tearle, Anna Nilsson, and Cyril Chadwick are asked to convince the customers that a girl will become a lady's maid simply to bask in the presence of her beloved-the lady's husband. Their love fuses. Finally, the hero becomes Prime Minister. There are flashbacks of Watteau shepherdesses and a few shootings. Out of the conglomerate mass it is possible that there are two or three selected bits which will appeal to everyone. Possibly...
...good, or better, teams than this have sailed away in quest of the British cup since Travis won it in 1904. Closest to success came Bob Gardner in his 37 hole battle with Cyril Tolley in the finals at Muirfield in 1920. Tolley...
...Winter Comes. A fairly skillfull adaptation of A. S. M. Hutchinson's famous novel, distinguished by the acting of Cyril Maude. The marital tragedy of a kindly, humorous and thoroughly ineffectual man, whose motives are constantly misunderstood by a shrewish wife. The best part of" the book is left out because of the alleged superior dramatic effectiveness of melodramatic incident, and the episodes featuring the comic servants High Jinks and Low Jinks are underplayed, but a sustained interest and suspense is maintained nevertheless. A competent caste helps to revive enthusiasm for the dramatic version of last year's literary sensation...
...glare of the cinema calcium, Walter Hagen has won three southern tournaments in two short weeks. In each of the three he has established local records. The first was Belleair; the second, Asheville; the third, the North and South championship at Pinehurst. To defeat a field which included Cyril Walker, Jim Barnes and Jock Hutchison (who finished in the order named) Hagen was forced to a record-breaking 289 for 72 holes...
...French literary circles. The Mountebank, a dramatization of Locke's novel, is soon to appear in Manhattan, with Norman Trevor in the leading role. If Winter Comes, a dramatization of A. S. M. Hutchinson's recent best seller, is to open on April 2. Cyril Maude, who will be recalled in Grumpy, is to appear' as the much misunderstood Mark Sabre. David Belasco's production of The Merchant of Venice, with David Warfield as Shylock, is to be produced ii- London. The Music Box Revue is also about to be offered to the London public...