Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...play, however, has lost little of its humor and almost none of its meaning. Some gags no longer seem funny due to the events of the several years since the play's creation, but the situation is essentially comic and the philosophy of escape it offers a pleasant one. In addition, the opportunity to see Fred Stone in the intimacy of Brattle Hall is a valuable experience. Perhaps the best part of the evening is his little curtain speech, which sheds a very favorable light upon the by-gone art of vaudeville. On the whole, this performance is good entertainment...
...cinemactors appear to take more pains than Hoofer Astaire, less pains than Crooner Crosby. Result: Crosby's easy, casual banter is just the right foil for Astaire's precision acrobatics, his wry, offbeat humor...
...task only begun the Wellesley College president brought a sense of humor which had become legend in more than two decades of educational work. As dean of women at Oberlin College (Ohio), her post before she went to Wellesley, she had to enforce a rule that women students must not leave town without permission. One day she spied six Oberlin undergraduates-three men, three women-standing on the outskirts of town trying to thumb a ride. "Hop in, boys," she called, stopping her car. "I'm sorry I can't take you girls along too-but you know...
...elephants, tigers that swim, and a brilliantly beautiful jungle. It's the kind of a jungle that every kid explorer dreams about, but no real one sees with less than four zombies under his belt. If you can overlook this minor detail though, there are several other bits of humor that make this picture a sorry contrast to the recent run of heavy drama. Top billing goes to Dorothy Lamour and Richard Denning, both well exhibited as Hollywood's handsomest hunks. But the feature performer, the guy who lifts the film out of the Class D league, isn't even...
...restore to beautiful Marian Barking her stolen estates. Author Myers' women are somewhat featureless, his male characters agreeably vital-in particular, one Tom the Crowder, a malefactor with more entertainment value than Ulysses' sirens, and much less conscience. Author Myers' period painting is unobtrusive, his humor humorous. Occasional references to carnal pursuits give a discreet impression of Elizabethan lust...