Word: frail
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...little man, frail, prematurely aged and crippled by arthritis, Sir Arthur was quiet, dignified, unhurried, hard to ruffle. The red tape of his job bored him; he knew how to laugh. When, newly appointed Ambassador to Spain, he presented his credentials to King Alfonso, he read his speech before the grandees of Spain, listened to the King's reply, bowed himself backwards toward the door, "stumbled over a stool, and fell flat on the carpet. Not a muscle moved on the face of King Alfonso. It was only when the great doors had closed behind him that Nicolson heard...
...portrait and the epilog to a portrait; it is steeped in a mood of finality which would give it dignity even if it were less thoughtfully written. When George Arliss did it on the stage a few critics ventured with their praise the criticism that he seemed too frail and sharpened a man to represent perfectly that lusty Sylvanus Heythorp who in his extreme old age perpetrated a shady transaction to insure the prosperity of his illegitimate family and who died after an eight-course dinner accompanied by a bottle of champagne, three glasses of port, some vintage brandy...
...Timor Sea: "The less I think of this, the better I know this last stretch will be the biggest fright of my life. . . . Oh, you don't know that forlorn feeling-above you, a grim black sky; underneath, the revolving sea, and you are quite alone in a frail machine, every moment fearing that the motor will fail and you will have to face calamity. No, no-never again...
High Society Blues (Fox). How little Janet Gaynor's success in character studies of wistfully romantic young girls depended on physical attractiveness is illustrated by this unsuccessful musicomedy. Her coy little voice and frail attempts to assume the spontaneity and vitality proper to a prima donna never give the story what it needs. It is all about a rich young girl who was supposed to marry a count she did not love and who finally eloped with Charles Farrell in a white Ford. Silliest line (by Farrell, after a tedious love-scene spent entirely in singing the theme-song...
...three murderous assaults, one suicide. Author Rinehart knows well how to build up complications, weight the story with suspense, illuminate it with sudden flashes of climax that leave the secret darker than before. Her characters are remarkably human for people in the pages of a detective story: they are frail, inconsistent, humorous, faulty. The detective is no Sherlock Holmes but a hard-working policeman who has to satisfy the district attorney, then out of sympathy and professional pride helps Miss Bell demolish the case he has made. But there is a murderer. If it were not for Author Rinehart...