Word: debits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Then it was Warren Williams '39 and John Glidden '41, who clinched the victory. Williams outstroked H. Waters in four games, while Glidden had to travel five in subduing S. Smith. On the debit side, Frank Appleton '39 and John Palfrey '40 lost to Stillmen and Fisharty respectively in five-game affairs while Bill Wood '40 could take only one of the four games from S. Pitman of Yale...
...critical analysis discloses flaws in plenty. The action occasionally slows to a tortuous crawl in sequences where long pieces of quasi-philosophy or super-sentimentality are inserted. Also on the debit side is a strained and obvious attempt to give the picture social significance. But these faults are not sufficient to weight down an otherwise light and airy fantasy. Roland Young and Billie Burke, whose reputations characterize the film, fit happily into its mood and spirit; while the names of Janet Gaynor and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. look well on the marquee...
Success should be more likely this time, thanks mainly to a reduced and more experienced chorus. The sopranos do remarkably well with their high B's, and the chorus as a whole lacks that unwieldiness which nearly brought disaster last year. On the debit side thus far must be listed Mr. Burgin's violin solo in the "Benedictus" and the performance of the women soloists. Miss Vreeland, the soprano, has the unfortunate habit of stealing upon notes, while the contralto, Miss Kaskas is too sugary. It is to be hoped that at the actual concerts these flaws will disappear...
...vocal eccentricities of Ethel Merman and the antics of the Ritz Brothers, now a bit frayed about the edges, are the chief assets of "Straight, Place and Show," which opened yesterday at the Metropolitan. On the debit side are a great deal of fake photography, a lack of any dialogue and the galling fact that Miss Merman loses her man to Phyllis Brooks. The race track farce, similar in many ways to the Marx Brothers' "Day at the Races," reaches hilarious heights only in three or four sequences in which the Messrs. Ritz hold the screen alone...
Added to this debit was the bill for the year's staggering total of gold and silver imports-$1,210,000,000. Thus the grand total on the debit side of the U. S. ledger...