Word: humorously
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...speech, Mr. Gest declared himself greatly in favor of the proposed organization of theatregoers. He advocated the education of the theatrical public. With great good humor he illustrated this, saying "When I was paged today by your chairman, the desk man at the hotel said, 'Sure I could recognize Mr. Guest if I saw him. You mean the poet...
...grisly evening it must have been when Miss Deem and her six future pall-bearers sat around the festive board at her home! Reports have it that she is perfectly healthy, at least in body. It must be a perverted sense of humor that enjoyed the company of her ominous guests...
...herewith put in a bid for cinema consideration. To assist their bid, they hired Emil Jannings, the most distinguished picture actor on the Continent, and used Rome for background. Jannings played Nero. Characteristically, his performance was intelligent and distinctive. He gave the Emperor a judicious mixture of viciousness and humor. Otherwise, the film was inconspicuous. There were a great many actors and a good deal of scenery, but the swift smoothness of Hollywood was lacking...
...being disagreeable. Those opportunities are multiplied if there is in the family a young man, fresh from college, who knows all about business and everything else. The only way for a father and son to understand each other is for them both to realize that not honesty, but ill humor, is the best policy...
...first offering of The Crime. It is a cold world in which to launch an infant "colyum". The young thing must fend for itself from the first moment of its inky existence. Some critics will look for hidden wisdom between its lines; some will always demand a lofty humor which mellows inwardly but never cracks a smile; and some will even expect the silly young thing to talk sense. But these hypercritical fellows do not count...