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Word: inescort (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...pretty and accomplished young lady (Frieda Inescort), who is continually referred to as "that superlative creature," is married to a drink and dope addict. Her strong, silent friend (Tearle) takes the addict down to the seashore and kills him with a heroin and whisky cocktail. Returning, he vilifies the lady's father who has made the match and watched it smoulder because of his own ambitions toward the peerage. The girl falls, as planned, into the arms of a more agreeable matrimonial prospect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Oct. 20, 1924 | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

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