Word: glamourizer
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...enemies, and, at one point, emitting a belch which is a classic. He is flashy and rude, with diamond horseshoes and checkered suits; he is not always convincing, but he is always amusing. George Raft shows us Steve Brodie, the Bowery's most famous character, in all the glamour and belligerency of his mad career. When he and Chuck Connors meet on a barge to settle their differences with their dukes one is treated to a really good exhibition of gory slaughter. All the variety and all the bloodlines of the actual time and scene is presented...
...taxi. Friends of the family are puzzled when a Perfect Couple, long married, split up for the valid but private reasons that he cannot stand her long fingernails, she his audible yawns. A wife from whose life the glory has departed clings to her faith in the glamour of actresses-and then meets one. Neatest job of the lot: "Here We Are," a dialog between bride and groom just after the wedding; few experienced husbands or wives will be able to restrain their shouts over this...
...counted on, and that he was to remove all the insect deterrent that he had just put in the boxes. With a faint feeling of futility, he followed out these orders, devouring another ten hours, and being credited accordingly. Such things as these, we feel, take part of the glamour from the sense of-being engaged on a scientific work of value...
...with only routine office experience, Herbert Johnson soon got a taste for prima-donna intrigues and backstage excitement. He had worked up to become vice president and business manager of Insull's Civic Opera Company when disaster struck it. Last winter, lost without opera's confusion and glamour, he started making plans. There were two big questions: How much guarantee money could be raised (he wanted $100,000)? How much admission should be charged? Last week, with both questions answered, Mr. Johnson made public his ideas for the Chicago Grand Opera Company. He had a conductor, prices, preliminary...
...this is quite as spurious as it sounds but, hobbling atmospherically along with that artfully erratic pace which Director William Dieterle uses to give his adventure stories glamour, it makes acceptable entertainment. Typical shot: Victor Jory -an able, sharp-faced young actor who has become a featured player after his first five pictures-gloomily apologizing to Loretta Young for kissing...