Word: gibsonized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...nostalgia, was once her private residence. The elocutionist (Alison Skipworth) whom Anton hires to teach him polite diction gets drunk with a blonde beautician (Mae West), while Joe makes love to Miss Healy. Competing 'leggers try to buy his establishment and one of his old friends (Wynne Gibson) tries to re-open their relations with a revolver. What all this leads to any cinemaddict ought to know, but Raft and Cummings look their parts and the picture was well directed by Archie Mayo. It manages to convey a sense of a locale, to dramatize successfully the popular conception...
...Blue was unable to make one first down against the Harvard men, but the freshmen had similar luck in making any yardage through the Andover line. Jackson and Gibson showed up as the best ball carriers for the Cambridge freshmen...
Such putting off was the very last thing the British and French wanted. With some coaxing Ambassador Gibson was at last gotten firmly up on the rostrum and all opposition was squelched. "My government would have preferred a resolution accepting still more definitely the details of the President's plan," said Mr. Gibson, "but the American Delegation feels the present resolution contains the maxi mum of agreement which can now be achieved...
During Mr. Gibson's speech Comrade Litvinov, his moon face red with anger, tore into smaller & smaller bits a printed copy of the resolution...
Litvinov v. Gibson. Next day the Russian Foreign Minister, speaking in English, attacked what other delegations were calling the British-U. S.-French resolution of adjournment. "It is meaningless and without figures," snorted the Russian...