Word: dears
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cynical though witty brain behind these policies is constantly revealed by General von Schleicher at socialite Berlin gatherings, causes smartest, richest hostesses to "simply adore the dear general!" Characteristic von Schleicher mots...
...puts a picture of herself in a folder of heavy silver paper, wrapped in cellophane. Eddie Cantor caricatures his large eyes, surrounded by holly wreaths. Helen Morgan sits on a piano, weeping and singing. George Gershwin caricatures his profile. Percy Crosby shows his "Skippy" kneeling by his bed, saying: "Dear God, it's funny how ya get to thinkin' of the old pals on Christmas...
...capitalists with the same appetite and relish as once upon a time the ogre Minotaurus in Crete devoured luscious Greek maidens-a person who, in addition, is so vulgar as to oppose every war, except the inevitable one with his own wife? "Give heed, therefore, to the sage patriotic dear ladies and remember that the capitol of mighty Rome was at one time saved by the cackling of her faithful geese." When he went to the U. S. consulate in Berlin for his visa, Dr. Einstein's tone changed after answering several questions. "I am not going because...
...esteemed too highly. The work of another of those fruitful Kaufman-Ferber collaborations, the play has set before the audience the intensely interesting elements that make up a dinner party at the home of Mrs. Oliver Jordan. "Just a small party. Lord and Lady Ferncliffe will be here, two dear friends of ours. Yes. Dinner at Eight." Built on a frame similar to Grand Hotel and staged by Sam Harris who has almost outdone Herman Schumlin in elaborate settings, the piece gets under way in the Park Avenue apartment of Mrs. Jordan, shifts to Oliver Jordan's downtown oillce, then...
...Dear Jane opens with a prolog in London's Cheshire Cheese tavern. Time: the night of Dec. 16, 1775. There sits grumbling Dr. Johnson, eating dirtily with James Boswell, Joshua Reynolds and David Garrick. The talk is not of the Yankee rebellion but of women?how silly, superficial, lacking in humor and the ability for "true creation'' they are. Just to show up the testy lexicographer. Playwright Hinkley implies, Divine Providence was at that moment bringing Jane Austen into the world. She appears in person on the stage at the age of 23. No one in the audience would realize...