Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...would have liked The Unholy Three. It is a crook tale about a ventriloquist, a midget, a strong man, a sap and a girl. The very complicated plot, the murder, the trial and the solution are too intricately contrived for reworking here. They contain hate and happiness, diversion and distress. Lon Chaney plays a ventriloquist who turns into a grandmother...
...should look upon as well as hear the fair Minnie Symperson, played by Rosamond Whiteside. No radio entertainment will ever compensate for her. Antoinette Perry as a "lady in distress," and Jay Fassett as Belvawney aid J. M. Kerrigan to make the most of a good thing...
...born in 1861). The citizens of Rochester generally agreed that young Charles was the least "impressive" of the three Mayos. Perhaps his appearance prejudiced, for he was not genial. No ruddy jester was he, with a nervous eyelid and a midwifian ribaldry to cheer the anxious parent in her distress. Far from it. William J. was a spot that way, but Charles was a doleful fellow, "with a face pulled out of tallow." That was a long time ago. Last year, at the Democratic Convention in Manhattan, Charles Horace Mayo was loudly mentioned (though his name was never...
...Interstate Commerce Commission, pricked on by cries of distress, served notice: "It is ordered that a proceeding of inquiry and investigation upon the Commission's own motion be, and it is hereby instituted into and concerning the history, management, financial and other operations, accounts and practices of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co., in order to determine the manner and method in which the business of said company has been conducted, with a view to the making of a report and such order or orders as may be appropriate upon the record...
...rows within whispering distance that, technically speaking, it is not a very good play, we might not be so very far wrong. Despite our utmost efforts, however, we find ourselves constantly on the edge of our seats, on the very verge of yelling to the heroine in distress, "Hey! Look behind you!" So what...