Word: husbandly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Telegram. A few hours later Mrs. Ruff received at her home in Woodmere, L. I., a telegram from her husband: "Papa kidnaped. No danger. Expect release today." Distracted, Mrs. Ruff sought her mother, Mrs. Rosenthal. She, courageous, left at once, alone, for Mexico City...
...litterateur: "The October issue of Vanity Fair was published, with an article by me on my late friend, Rudolph Valentino. Of his first wife I wrote: 'She was one of the many zeros in the arithmetic of life.' Of his second wife: . 'While living with her husband in Hollywood, Miss Hudnut became so dictatorial that men associated with Valentino in the making of films did not wish to have her about...
...Crown Princess Louise of Sweden: "My husband and I were lunching last week at the British Embassy in Tokyo when an evil looking man peeped in at the window. I djd not see him, for I was sitting with my back to the window between the British Ambassador (Sir John Tilley) and the Belgian Ambassador (M. Albert de Bassompierre). Sir John's son, Roger Tilley, who was sitting across the table, saw the man draw a knife and sprang toward the window as the man hurled it in my general direction. The knife entered Roger Tilley's vest...
Service for Two-Agitated husband in the middle bedroom...
...that so much of this is expressed in dialog, so little in incident. Still, the dialog is crisp, frequently eloquent; the play intelligent. Alice Brady gives a splendid interpretation of the cynical, disillusioned wife. To John Halliday is due even greater credit for his performance as the perfectly uninterested husband, devoted to his emotional ideal of love...