Word: edna
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mary Boland is the chief actress, she who made so much of Meet the Wife. Her performance seemed a trifle blatant, possibly only in comparison with the skillful hilarity of Edna May Oliver. The three boys, especially Humphrey Bogart, contributed highly entertaining performances...
...President of the Century Publishing Co., is no close relative of Pole-flying Lincoln Ellsworth (TIME, June 1 et seq., SCIENCE). He does his exploring in U. S. schools. For 30 years he has been mounting school and university rostrums lecturing on topics "from [Playwright] Moliere to [Poet] Edna...
Cradle Snatchers is a play in which Mary Boland will attempt to repeat the success of Meet the Wife. Assisting her, Edna May Oliver...
...Fields, Will Rogers, Ray Dooley, Olsen's Band, Vivienne Segal remain. Added are Edna Leedom, Lina Basquette and various ladies fair...
...Gladiolus," said the professorial gentleman. Edna Stover, 11, of Trenton, N. J., felt baffled. "Gladiolus," repeated the gentleman. "It is the name of a flower." Edna took his word for it. She gulped. "G-l-a-d-y-o-l-u-s," said Edna, and looked scared. The gentleman was sympathetic. That really was pretty close for guessing, but he waved her aside and she had to stumble off the platform to her seat. If she cried when she got there, it was nerves, not bad sportsmanship. "G-L-A-D-I-O-L-U-S." Loudly, brightly, firmly, confidently...