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...eyes disbelieved but returned with gusto to the "itsy-bitchy" angle on Betty Philson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 18, 1938 | 4/18/1938 | See Source »

...acting, Marvin Scaife, '39 must be commended as a most seductive femme fatale in the employ of the dictators, and Vinton Freedley, Jr., '40, as a coyly charming heroine. Benjamin Dillingham, '39, played with gusto the role of the king, and Stanley Miller adds his histrionic talents to his lyric and musical, being cast in the part of the hero...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: The Playgoer | 3/30/1938 | See Source »

...Delta U men have thus been able to continue in their tradition of lusty, unrestrained histrionics. There is nothing subtle about the play nor their interpretation. But they have thrown themselves into their parts with gusto, and the result is vigorous, unrefined, fairly exciting drama...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: The Playgoer | 3/12/1938 | See Source »

...mild variation of the usual movie musical. To George Murphy, who owns up to having attended Yale, falls the enviable task of impersonating a millionaire and wooing Miss Faye. He is paid to do this by a scheming producer (Ken Murray) and enters into the thing with considerable gusto, even contributing a neatly executed tap dance. But the burden of the picture falls on Miss Faye, who is more than equal to it. Music and dialogue combine to make this a good picture for a rainy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

...suggested by an idea in a novel of Thorne Smith's, but their debt would seem greater than they thereby admit. Their end is physic research not yet reduced to scientific terms; their media are sex and the bathroom. Through the resulting fantastic extravaganza Constance Cummings barges with considerable gusto. The situations she and her colleagues find themselves in are not infrequently, not invariably funny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 1/18/1938 | See Source »

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