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...bass drum with a broken stick; as a nasty little boy making faces at the lady who has just given him a piece of pie; as a nasty little boy embarrassing his parents by vulgar remarks in front of company. One and all were reproving Mr. Kipling for an inept and unmelodious bit of prevarication included in his new book* of stories and verses, published simultaneously last week in England...
...takes poison. The play was frank, at times lewd, but never sensationally so. It was not the dirt of which the audience disapproved; it was the dullness. Mary Blair, able heroine of many of Eugene O'Neill's best plays, had the lead. Her performance was unaccountably inept. She fled the cast after the opening performance...
Dillon Again. To every business persisting in the hands of its founder's descendants comes at one time or another the temptation to sell out. Such descendants all too often are inept in business affairs, fain would clip coupons and shy at "trade." To one such group, the scions of Samuel S. White, founder in 1844 of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co. (now the world's largest concern of its field), and to the company's shareholding employes, came Clarence Dillon of Dillon, Read & Co. Mr. Dillon offered to buy them out, just as he offered...
Stage Struck. Gloria Swanson has hit on a primitive comedy, reminiscent of her early Mack Sennett days, that makes magnificent entertainment. She is a waitress; she aspires to the stage; she finally gets a job on a Mississippi show boat; is exceptionally inept; retires happily to a lunch-wagon for life. The unusual atmosphere, the frequent use of slapstick unabashed, and the brilliant ability of the star combine comfortably for genuine amusement...
...line, mass and color in the settings of James Reynolds. Philosophical sagacity and finesse are provided in the argument, but the acting too often bleaches the brilliance of these formidably favorable factors. Stanley Logan and Augustin Duncan play Don Juan and the Devil; Mr. Logan gives a rather inept performance; Mr. Duncan only a fairly good...