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Word: duenna (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hovers between the realistic and the romantic; at times, when actionless dialog makes it stand still, it has no mood at all. A performance by Helen Hayes makes almost any picture worth seeing but The White Sister has surprisingly little else to recommend it. Good shot: Angela's duenna (Louise Closser Hale) giving her a brooch when she enters the convent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 27, 1933 | 3/27/1933 | See Source »

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