Search Details

Word: devisedâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1930
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Playboy of Paris (Paramount). Maurice Chevalier works busily at this loose-jointed comedy which fulfills fairly adequately the purpose for which it was obviously devised???that of giving him moments for informal songs and for his characteristic attitudes. It tells about a waiter in a little Paris cafe who makes love to all the women customers and becomes the centre of much Gallic plotting when he inherits a million francs. One song, "It's a Great Life If You Don't Weaken" has a chance of being a hit. For the rest, Playboy of Paris is notable chiefly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joy v. Monopoly | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

| 1 |