Word: gigolos
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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...Gigolo (Rod La Rocque). Edna Ferber wrote the story: a Western boy loses his fortune in Pa: shoots down enemy planes, sinks to the level of dancing boy lonesome old ladies, is stung back to respectability by his sweetheart's caustic rebuke, returns to the ironworks tradition of the pioneer Gorys, emerges on top after all. In spite of amateurish photograhy jumbled scenario, the audience found several good moments...
Loose Ankles. Stale stuff from older plays, peppery wit, audacious hashing-and Playwright Janney concocts a diverting theatrical creature. A last testament commanding marriage stirs Ann Harper to rebellion. She will hire a gigolo* wherewith to shock this tyrannical family of hers. The scheme seems harmless enough. But when a young, amateurish gigolo appears and Ann plays something by Tschaikoysky on the piano, virulent sentimentality sets in, and the condition of the play becomes critical. Numerous first-nighters reached for their hats. In the nick of time, the scene shifts back to the private life of the four gigolos...
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