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...sketches themselves at times are rather forced to beat a dishpan to excite humor. But Winnie Lightner, abetted by the insouciant Will Mahoney and the boisterous Patricola, carries them along by dint of magnet ic personality, sometimes called high animal spirits. And the revue contains two of the best travesties on darky melodies ever perpetrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Jul. 14, 1924 | 7/14/1924 | See Source »

MACBETH-James K. Hackett gives Shakespeare his due, by dint of a reverberant chest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Apr. 14, 1924 | 4/14/1924 | See Source »

When asked as to the qualifications needed for the ministry, Bishop Lawrence replied "you do not need any specific qualifications; by dint of hard work and firmly believing in 'God my father, Christ the Saviour, man my brother' you can make a successful minister...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FINDS MINISTRY MOST ABSORBING CAREER | 3/25/1924 | See Source »

While the members of the class in Sever 5 were engaged, yesterday morning in reading from Chaucer, a pigeon forced entrance to the room, and by dint of a terrifically clamorous cooing from the dark recesses of the ceiling, forced them to the extremities of distinct articulation in order to be understood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROF. KITTREDGE EMPLOYS A PIGEON TO TEACH ENGLISH 1 | 2/26/1924 | See Source »

Finding out about the somewhat commercialized romance between Gustave Morand and Rosette Pompon, ex-dancer, the young man who has been vainly assaulting Gustave's wife's marital stability pretends to be Rosette's ex-dancing partner. By dint of robust blackmail, he persuades the perturbed husband to take him into his home as secretary, thus facilitating his campaign. The resultant complications are judiciously distributed through two acts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: First Nights | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

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