Word: gracing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...gusts of conversation blowing over the teacups. Playwright-Dramacritic St. John Ervine of London has written a comedy in which tea is constantly being served, the heroine is well past 40, and the voices are always modulated. He obtains considerable drama which is effective though well-behaved. Genteel, experienced Grace George appears as an English matron who has, at his wish, divorced the husband of her heart (A. E. Matthews) and who, after seven years, skillfully regains him while his young, obnoxious second wife conceives a passion for a ballroom dancer. In her intrigues Miss George seems wise, affectionate...
...Grace George, 50, is the wife of Producer William Brady, the mother of William Brady Jr. Actress Alice Brady is her stepdaughter. Born in Manhattan, educated in a convent, she is devout, seldom misses confession or mass, often attends church before she returns home after a late party. She speaks French excellently, translates French plays for her own amusement. She usually looks as if she had just left a master modiste. She likes to swim, to be alone, to play tennis and bridge. She customarily waits a long time between engagements. Among her plays: The Girl I Left Behind...
...been on the payroll ever since, obtaining sundry leaves of absence. Her only previous U. S. appearance was in Max Reinhardt's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1927) but she directed the dances for Noel Coward's recent revue This Year of Grace and his current musi-comedy Bitter Sweet. Most of the routines in Wake Up and Dream are also hers...
...pardoned and let out of jail; gave 10,000 pairs of shoes to the poor; distributed lesser alms to 400,000. All objects deposited with Roman pawn shops between Jan. 1 and Feb. 15 last year and unredeemed to date were returned free to their owners as act of grace of Prince Ludovico Boncompagni, Governor of Rome...
...Author. Author Manuel Komroff, 39, married, was born in Manhattan, studied at Yale's Sheffield Scientific School and School of Music, has been art critic, foreign correspondent, newspaper editor. Other books: The Grace of Lambs, Juggler's Kiss. Coronet is the January choice of the Literary Guild...