Word: effective
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most unfortunate effect of the demand for musical interpolations is to be found in "The Great Gabbo" in which Erich von Stroheim is starred. Here was a striking and original dramatic idea about an arrogant ventriloquist who could only be human when talking through the mouth of his dummy and finally became so jealous of the little figure that he broke it and felt himself a murderer. Since the story belonged legitimately enough backstage there had to be a series of chorus numbers, with the result that the drama was entirely submerged. Most screen plots, of course, are not worth...
...probability seem strange and exaggerated, but that in reality it was only very slightly overdone. It may be that she was correct in her statement, but it seemed to us that there was a very noticeable emphasis on the sweeping gestures which was being put on for effect almost entirely. The effect was produced and had a very happy result as far as this reviewer was concerned at least. It was unquestionably amusing...
...Museum acknowledged fortunate in possessing such examples of his work. The drab mural specimens in Widener require an antidote before the undergraduate novice in art can think of Sargent without prejudice. It may be that acquaintance with vigorous sketches from his prime will aid in counteracting the effect of the pasty colors and blatant spirit of his senility...
...become old-fashioned memories; Huneker's men of the hour were but ghosts. It is significant that not a single subject of these selected essays was a U. S. citizen. "Essentially and inescapably civilized" is what Editor Mencken calls Critic Huneker, by way of congratulating him on being, in effect, European...
...gyroscopic airplane stabilizer consists of two wheels rotating, one vertically, the other horizontally. A wind-driven electric motor gives them energy. If the airplane tilts up, down or sideways, it in effect moves around the stabilizer. When it does so, it makes electrical contacts which act through electromagnets to return the machine to level keel and original direction, by mechanically activating the ailerons, rudder and elevator, all together or separately...