Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...never let him attend school. As a young man his painstakingly realistic illustrations of a book on parrots got him a job sketching the private menagerie of the Earl of Derby. His first meals were taken with the Earl's steward, but Lear's charm and humor soon won him a chair in the dining room...
Water fights in Winthrop House may be fine. Everyone has a good time and no bystanders are harmed unless they walk out of doors carelessly. But let these little affairs stay inside the court. Once outside they may come up against senses of humor which are not hyper-developed like those of college students. Harvard and Cambridge are mated, even though they may be incompatible. Reality says to each to make the best...
...Student Union production had more than merely a welcome reception. It had brilliant melodies, clever lyrics, enough humor, and excellent acting by a sincere cast--the whole combining to make palatable a message of steel unionism and proletarian action. On a stage bare except for a few chairs and a piano, Big Business, the corrupt press, and a hypocritical clergy were treated to tuneful rapping...
...ultra sophistication from the ancient halls of Harvard, you will enjoy "Three Smart Girls Grow Up." There is a script that is always bright and sometimes scintillates. There are some delightful scenes in the parlor where Deanna tries to straighten out her sisters' love affairs. There is some superlative humor contributed by the absent minded Charles Winninger. There is some simple, tuneful music, and there isn't much sentimentality. Above all there is a refreshing sincerity about the whole thing. All in all it makes for ideal feather-weight entertainment...
...left like last year's scarecrow among the corn shocks. With the passing of the middle border he sought a substitute in the borderland of the spirits and its terrestrial outpost in Southern California. From there he still issues books on psychic research, whose pace and intentional humor recall the old Garland. Their unintentional humor now fetches many a chuckle...