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Word: dullnesses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Boys from Syracuse. Delightful Rodgers & Hart musical made from Shakespeare's dull Comedy of Errors (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Survival of the Fittest | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...Ameche gives a fairly convincing life portrait of Bell in his rise from a cold attic to the court of Queen Victoria. This might seem the logical point at which to call quits, but RKO is adamant and refuses to halt here. Instead, the picture embarks on a long dull explanation to prove that genius is rewarded in gold, as well as in renown. The old court room scene is hauled in--this time, of all things, because of a patents suit. And by the time the right side obtains justice, no one cares very much, even though it seems...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 5/6/1939 | See Source »

...Harvard boys? Well, I only know a few, but I think they're wonderful; I really love them. They're nothing like those dull Yale men we used to see gaping open-mouthed at us at the Casa Manana in New York every night...

Author: By Staff Reporter, | Title: No Aquacade Nudity, Says Miss Holm; Likes Harvard Men, Wants to See Them | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

Kindly, near-sighted Burns Mantle (News) is, at 65, the oldest of the news paper critics. Nationally known for his annual The Best Plays of 19-, he is often sound, almost always dull. His best advertisement is his trick of rating plays by stars. Tops (* * * *) he gave this season only to the revived Outward Bound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Makers & Breakers | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...Winthrop Common Room last night a typical Harvard show was presented. It was written by undergraduates, and it was acted by undergraduate hams. It contained a dull first act, an hilarious second act, and a riotous third act, took a lot of stoking to get up steam, but the audience loved it anyhow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 4/21/1939 | See Source »

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