Word: folk-flavored
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...principle, Carrie at length enters objection, threatens exposure; Babe submits; Carrie, principle gained, withdraws objection. One scene stages the home-watched coffin of Father Ned, for realistic, mainly risible character study. Although the construction is loose-jointed, this is rather good old-time melodrama. The dialogue has genuine folk-flavor. Miss Eames, fire beneath ice, reminded one critic of Queen Elizabeth in preposterous court theatricals. Alfred Lunt (Babe) shared the compliments; Margalo Gillmore pleased as a hot-lipped kitchen baggage...
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