Word: insipidness
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This changed opinion of Alcott reveals a new view of old New England life. One popular biographical sport of the 1920s consisted of picturing Hawthorne, Emerson and their fellows as frustrated Puritans or insipid moralists. But Alcott was so indifferent to worldly success, so unintimidated by misfortune and so generally frank and good-natured that he corrects that exaggerated picture of the inhibited Yankee...
...Lady at Large," by Philip Goodman, presents the sorry spectacle of capable actors and actresses struggling with hopeless material They grin conscientiously over thir lines, but can't help revealing slightly their lack of enthusiasm for the insipid chatter they are required to recite. The only genuine laugh in last night's performance was provoked by the hotelkeeper's quite accidentally tearing his pants. And this device will probably be abandoned...
...Living," with Irene Dunne and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., is somewhat disappointing mainly because its cast arouses expectations of something better. This does not mean that it is not thoroughly amusing and considerably above the usual comedy run. However, the dialogue is uninspired and labored, and at times merely insipid. Some of the funny situations are drawn out until the last tortured laugh is extorted from unhappy spectators, while other situations are simply not funny. Such a thing is deplorable, for Miss Dunne and Mr. Fairbanks are as engaging a pair as can be tracked down in many long moons...
...place in her crude surroundings as William Randolph Hearst at a Communist meeting. Nelson Eddy, back from his ill-fated venture at West Point, has also been democratized; but the results in his case are all for the good. The story is very far-fetched, and suffers from an insipid happy ending; but Sigmund Romberg's excellent music, sung as only Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy can sing, together with a good supporting cast and the rich browns and delicate blues of the sepia-platinum photography, make the picture entirely worthy of its Easter-weekend billing...
About "Scandal Street," the co-feature, little that is complimentary can be said. It has no plot, no star, and no acting; it is dull, familiar, and insipid. Its one redeeming feature is the rather pretty face of one Louise Campbell, the poor innocent girl who is almost ruined by the villainous town gossips...