Word: dulled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Newsgatherers at regular Tuesday noon press conference in the President's office last week were startled-for these conferences have lately become very dull affairs-to hear the President start reading a prepared statement in a voice edged with strong emotion...
Meantime his dull brother has gotten himself engaged to a very lovely lady (Isabel Jeans), believing her to be wealthy. Likewise, she has consented to marry him on the assumption that he is rich, will be able to pay her debts, which are so pressing that a sheriff's officer is about to be placed in her home to watch her property, pending payment of a bill. The officer appointed is none other than Mr. Banks, who promptly falls in love with Miss Jeans. In making himself generally agreeable around the house he consents to become the footman...
...best of Mr. Milne's plays, Miss Kennedy and an able cast succeed in presenting it in a thoroughly entertaining manner. The disjointed plot that jumps from 1905 to 1930 without much continuity is not exactly exciting, but the author's gentle wit saves the play from becoming dull...
...convincing, or even amusing. Cocktails and smart talk might be thoroughly evil, but David is merely trite on the subject. Aside from this, there is only one major fault in the play, and that is a very flat end. The discovery of the police delivered in a long and dull exposition by officer Cuff and the final acceptance of the verdict whatever it might be is an anticlimax and a considerable let down from the highly dramatic moment just preceding. The charm of Michael and Mary remains but the play of their life just dwindles away into hopes...
...doing any open field running in the rain and mud at New Haven last week. As soon as he got in the game he intercepted a pass, but Army tacklers roughed him so thoroughly that he left immediately on a stretcher. The rest of the game was a dull pushing contest between two good lines, with the Army line better but not good enough to do the trick. Yale 7, Army...