Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eyes is a droopy woebegone expression. His smile is wry, tired. He dresses in dark unfashionable clothes. He is an easy, clear, impressive, frequent speaker, handling himself well in debate. Without oratorical tricks, his attack is sometimes brutal, sometimes adroitly sarcastic. He rather prides himself on his burlesque humor...
...West Pointer, cavalry officer. Major-general of the Confederate army at thirty, and killed in battle before the fall "in the fourth year of the Republic," Jeb Stuart was, before any of these things, essentially a human, forceful personality. Fastidious in dress, possessing an excellent voice and sense of humor, and leaving poker and whiskey alone, Stuart was intoxicated with the beauty of Virginia, women and horses. Robert E. Lee said of him, "General Stuart was my ideal of a soldier." Which, according to the tenor of the book, was the one compliment Stuart would have desired...
...appearance he is heavyset, heavy-jowled, almost bald. He lumbers when he walks. His dress is plain, neat. No orator, he speaks cautiously and without humor. His political motto: "Don't rock the boat." Out of Congress: He lives frugally at the Woodley Apartments in Washington, avoids society. He is uneasy among strangers, has few close friends. His hobby: solitaire. He smokes inexpensive cigars, is a devout Methodist, rides to the Capitol on the street car. He holds a part-time paid position on the national council of the Woodmen of the World. Each year he saves some...
...United Artists). This is a violent attempt to rouse laughter by an expenditure of physical energy. The attempt is a failure. One is surprised at first to see a film star so securely established as Gloria Swanson engaging in furious slapstick, but after the novelty has worn off the humor also disappears...
...major complications arise from the fact that the past can not be changed. In spite of his love for a certain Miss Helen Pettigrew, Margalo Gilmore, he realizes that he is destined to marry her sister, for that is how it has happened. The humor and dramatic tenseness that arises from the futility of the situation are the main virtues of the play. The author has realized the force of climax and situation and every scene closes with a subtle gesture that completely wins the audience. At the juncture at which the Twentieth century Peter Standish arrives, the stage...