Word: dulled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...belong in it. As a taxidriver, a ship's steward, and finally a castaway on a desert island, Oakie through the rambling plot has nothing to satirize; the only way that he can satirize the tedious job of being funny all the time is by being inadvertently dull for long stretches. People who find the picture outmoded in its song and chorus numbers may be reminded that Let's Go Native was made some time ago, before Oakie had officially become a star; for some reason its release was delayed. Typical shots: moving men in a girl...
Through The Night is a very dull and tiresome little piece which starts lamely and concludes likewise, with moments of tedium during which spectators wonder what the actors can find to say next. It is billed as a comedy, the work of Samuel...
...Argonaut, founded in 1877 by Frank Pixley and Fred Somers, enjoyed a bombastic heyday under their regime. Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Ambrose Bierce were early contributors. As editor from 1907 to 1924 the gifted Alfred Holman maintained a high standard of literary excellence. Though parts of the paper seem dull nowadays, San Franciscans point with pride to Editor Morphy's irascible editorials. He is well qualified to tell about the Big Wind in Ireland for he was born and educated there. Onetime gravedigger and longshoreman, he joined the Argonaut in 1925 with a background of 20 years vagabond-reporting...
...Jack Oakie does not depend on stock laughs. He makes them bearable but is really funny only when he improvises. The picture, most of which takes place on a steamer going to Macedonia, lacks the continuous suggestion of laughter that first-rate comedy possesses, but it makes up for dull stretches by moments of hilarity. Typical line: Oakie's contention that snails can beat whippets racing up the side of a house...
...reporter for the Waterbury Republican, apparently thought he could obtain for Waterbury the same sort of publicity that Stone's stories had brought Winsted. He named the hero of all his stories Lester Green. His stories have received fair but not great circulation, some of them being rather dull. Last week, for example, Lester Green, to save spraying, grafted on his apple tree an insect-catching plant...