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Word: fortunello (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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...many of those sophisticates who prate about the perfect strength and grace of the Periclean Greeks have ever seen the Roth Brothers in their marvelous acrobatics, or the Aristpphanic clownings of those amusing tumblers, Fortunello and Cirillino? Or Bird Millman, the circus star who does incredible things? How many intellectuals who lament the passing of the pungent Yankee wit have thought of Will Rogers of the Follies as anything but a mountebank? Or Savoy and Brennan as aught but purveyors of laughter to the Babbittry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Merit in Vodvil | 6/11/1923 | See Source »

...Fortunello and Cirillino?they bring back the days of Aristophanes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Point With Pride: Jun. 11, 1923 | 6/11/1923 | See Source »

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