Word: jestingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...worst is its slowness in taking a jest...
...country at large. Before the conventions he drew a memorable picture entitled "The Mysterious Powerless Phenomenon" in which Governor Roosevelt, hugging Miss 1932, sped by the Party Powers in an old buggy with empty shafts. Because his work is widely syndicated, Cartoonist Darling considers it his prime duty to jest on all subjects, to produce a smile before delivering a partisan thrust...
...businessman. His plays have been profitable. Last week he increased his stake in the entertainment business by forming an Amalgamated Broadcasting System, Inc., with offices in Manhattan. Its main purpose is to sell programs to advertising agencies and stations. Producer Arthur Hopkins (What Price Glory?, Paris Bound, Burlesque, The Jest) is associated with him, will obtain theatrical talent. Ota Gygi, a violinist, will handle the musical end. At the outset the company had $1,000,000 of business in hand but would reveal the names of no clients except The Texas Co. Both Mr. Wynn and Mr. Hopkins will continue...
...feel disappointed, if not duped. But no one should make such a mistake. The pleasure of seeing this Arsene Lupin consists entirely in seeing both Barrymore brothers at the same time. Theatre-goers enjoyed this privilege in 1919, when both were cabined in the narrow dungeons of The Jest, but they are not likely to enjoy it again. Lionel Barrymore began to be a cinemactor 22 years ago in Friends, John later in Nearly a King. They have been cinemactors exclusively since 1925. The appearance of both in the same picture last week indicated that it is now merely sentimental...
...role, refused it as "sentimental bunk" until he learned that there was a part in it for Lionel, then an illustrator at $50 a week. The play ran four months. Later, planning a fishing trip together, they expected it to be postponed a week or two by The Jest, which ran nine months. When they met for the first time in weeks to start work on Arsene Lupin, John, wearing an unbuttoned shirt with no cravat, arrived late and found Lionel waiting. Said he: ''How are you, my good man?" Said Lionel: "I like your necktie." Presently they...