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Word: dandyism (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Monsieur Beaucaire, a slender novelette which became a play and afterward a cinematographic vehicle for the late Rudolph Valentino, as a source for this romantic costume melodrama about Aaron Burr. Unfortunately, that mood is not recaptured, probably not recapturable, for the inspiration of Monsieur Beaucaire, of its swagger and dandyism, was youth, and in Colonel Satan there is no youth and no reality except a shadow of the personal bad luck of the courageous man who wrote it. Author of a dozen engaging novels and several good plays of the American scene, Booth Tarkington, now almost totally blind, and having...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Jan. 19, 1931 | 1/19/1931 | See Source »

...many tales told of Whistler's egotism, belligerent wit, publicity-seeking dandyism, Biographer Laver reproduces a ruthless cross-section, adds a few to the collection. Though the expatriate Whistler never wholly succeeded in acclimatizing himself in England, though he always regarded the British as Philistines, called them "the Islanders," Laver gives an instance of how super-English Whistler became on the question of money. He once presented a bill for 2.000 guineas. His client thought the price excessive; the bill was finally settled for £1,000. But to Whistler "the difference between a pound and a guinea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Front!* | 11/24/1930 | See Source »

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