Word: doned
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...things that haven't been done before...
...nothing not done before...
...things that haven't been done before...
There are no musical "hits" in the piece; the singing is of mediocre calibre and the principals could hardly be called attractive by any acting is done by Al Roberts as "Mr. Wix" and by Florine Arnold as "Mrs. Payton." Richard Talber and Marie Flynn also show possibilities, but they have been prevented from doing their best work either because of the limitations of their parts or because of injudicious coaching...
...know the play ought to be amusing, since Harry Leon Wilson, none other, wrote it. But "Ruggles of Red Gap," also the work of this same man, fell flat, although it had possibilities, and this due to the poor dramatization. Lee Wilson Dodd, however, in the present case, has done his task well, for there is as much dramatic consistency shown as is necessary and thorough sagacity in the arrangement of the dialogue. One rule which has been wisely followed is that of moderation and restraint, and the result is that the taste of caricature and burlesque of some twentieth...