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Word: ilk (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...moment. What with a double holiday on the horizon, the Vagabond feels that something ought to be done to get the undergraduate out of the local excavations. His mail stated that no remarks about such commonplaces as New York Night Clubs, Wanderings amid the Widener Turnstiles and such ilk would be tolerated. The letter expressly stated that this column should discuss "Quaint, Quotable, and Out-of-the-Way Spots Having an Aura of Originality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 10/9/1930 | See Source »

Judged on its own merits, The Second Little Show is an extremely tasteful production. On the same ilk as Garrick Gaieties, its chorus girls are sprightly if individualistic, the young men of the ensemble appear at home in tailcoats. Principals and choristers trip through some graceful routines. In the matter of humor, however, The Second Little Show is regrettably wanting. Chief funnyman is Al Trahan, longtime vaudevillian, whose comic antics on the piano, accompanied by a buxom blonde with whom he wrestles from time to time, are stretched out overlong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Sep. 15, 1930 | 9/15/1930 | See Source »

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