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Word: housefull (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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The Gossipy Sex. A Stamford (Conn.) audience advised Producer John Golden to take this play to Manhattan. It concerns a lisping tattletale in trousers, who so irks a houseful of guests that the Chief of Police himself yields to an itch to plug the stream of slander with a bullet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: May 2, 1927 | 5/2/1927 | See Source »

Of the writing of the book it may be said that May Sinclair handles her story well, although at times the feeling is inevitable that six brain children are too large a brood for any author to handle. The plot usually well-sustained, at points of maximum action strays, wobbles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Wooden Indians | 4/18/1927 | See Source »

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