Word: humoredly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...attractive and uneasy, and whether the uneasiness is in the actress or the character, it all contributes to the proper dramatic effect. A prominent background stands behind the picture of these fighters in the form of Alexander Woolcott, who as a cynical marriage broker contributes to the play what humor it has. Since the ill-fated girl is one of his proteges, she relapses at the end into the tutelage of this good-natured sophisticate...
...advice to the audidience, the Pennsylvania executive said. "Cultivate a sense of humor the kind that will let you laugh at yourself. If's your philosophy of life...
...Selwyn). Since the recent razzing in London of You Can't Take It With You (last year's Pulitzer Prize comedy), and the lukewarm reception of several English comedies in Manhattan, drama authorities have been cogitating once again the old question: What is the difference between English and American humor? British fun, according to British Authorities J. B. Priestley and Charles Morgan, is more subdued; Yankee fun is more roistering. By all the rules, Bachelor Born, which was a hit in London (under the title The Housemaster), should have displeased last week's Manhattan audiences. It should also have been...
...adventurous act had been to marry Milagritos, 18 years younger than himself. Warm-blooded and grey-eyed, Milagritos was a lovely puzzle for Mr. Witt. At once serene and violent, free in her manner but irreproachable in her conduct, she was indolent, simple, with a streak of exuberance and humor that could be disconcerting to a prudent husband. They had been married for 15 years and, except for the fact that each blamed the other because they had no children, they were content...
...books and plays, ranks with Scandinavian writers of the calibre of Selma Lagerlöf. Ships in the Sky is considered his major work. A long, simply written, autobiographical novel, it tells the story of a redheaded, imaginative peasant boy named Uggi Greipsson. Its distinguishing qualities are an unforced humor combined with uninhibited sentiment, clear characterizations of an Icelandic peasant family of 40 years...