Word: joel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Joel Chandler Harris Jr. undoubtedly knows the language of Southern Negroes, but before his suggested explanation of "spit an' image" be accepted (TIME, Oct. 11), let your readers consider a passage in a 17th Century play. In 1694, Edward Ravenscroft's Canterbury Guests was given its first performance. Scene 2 of Act III is given over to a trumped-up charge against Sir Barnaby Buffler that he is the father of children by two women of unsavory reputation. One of them, Dazie, accuses him as follows...
...Joel Chandler Harris Jr. (TIME, Oct. 11, p. 6) will consult some standard works on the English language he will find information which will assist him in "keeping the records straight" concerning "spit an' image" (see my letter, TIME, Sept...
Dead End (Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor...
Dead End (Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor...
...Adventure in Manhattan," second film, presents Joel McCrea and Jean Arthur in an entertaining piece, if one does not object to Mr. McCrea's poorly placed voice. He seems as over unable to express any natural emotions with his vocal chords. For the rest, the picture concerns a ring of thieves, a bright young play detective, and a somewhat befuddled girl in a plot which would have been improved by the presence of a mystery rather than a romontic male lead...