Word: docs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...idolizing the even stronger, more virile he-coach, the grand young future before the boy that makes the winning punt, admitted straightway to a prominent position as bond-chaser in Lee Higginson's well-known counting-house . . . They [the s. v. he-men] are fed warmed-over editorials by Doc. Crane about 'Jesus on the Bleachers' and 'Saint Paul on the Field of Battle,' and this may account for the fact that they cheat with a sort of early-Christian simplicity which is almost touching...
...under the name of "Joseph Price" and within a few hours the operation was performed. Some time later the doctor removed the bandages from his eyes. Said the specialist: "What kind of a tie have I got on, Joe?" "You've got a blue bow tie there, Doc - suah is blue an' suah is bow." "That's fine. Now take a look around." Joe (that is, Sam) did, and there was no mistaking that he had recovered the sight of one eye- the other is permanently blind. A few days later Sam left the hos pital...
With evil intent comes "Doc" Madison and his gang to exploit the healing powers of the Patriarch. But they reckon without two things--faith and love. On the eve of success, Helena, who is posing as the Patriarch's long-lost granddaughter, suffers twinges of conscience. She finally tells Harry Evans and Michael Coogan that she can not go through with the conspiracy. The Patriarch is too good a man. But, the forces of good have not been working on Helena alone. Both Harry and Michael have found in this little village a love which has shown them the error...
...first scene, in the light of the subsequent four, was disappointing. There was not enough reality to the witches, and the strident, crackling tones of old women was not realized. There was too much restraint in the acting of the Doc- tor, the father, and kinsmen, furthermore. Sentences were too rounded, and uttered in too much of a "there,-that's-over-with" manner. Only the spark of a candle and "man is born" were really impressive...
Wilbur.-"Main Street," Sinclair Lewis's familiar novel made into a plausible and entertaining play, Mckay Morris makes a realistic Doc Kennicott...