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...which sealed the doom of at least one martyr, which saved from doom at least one saint. And how many of the grand monuments of literature have subsisted on the strength of their purple passages, begermed but satisfying. As for powder puffs. Well, at least they have created a "Kiki" and have cured one defect in woman's beauty. For even Dido must have been chagrined to see the gleam from her sun burnished nose reflected in the plus eyes of her stern lover. Lead pencils--that is another question. Until lead is perfected beyond the breaking point they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEAUTY BUGGED | 4/29/1926 | See Source »

...Kiki. Norma Talmadge has seized upon the extraordinary stage success so long the exclusive property of Lenore Ulric. Miss Talmadge makes that lovely rowdy even purer and more wholesome than she was on the stage, more so than she ever could have been in her native Paris. Little matters of plausibility, however, cannot be cited as adverse criticism of slapstick comedy, for such Kiki has become and as such it is eminently entertaining...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Films | 4/19/1926 | See Source »

Metropolitan--"Kiki" with Norma Talmadge and Ronald Colman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOARDS AND BILLBOARDS | 4/16/1926 | See Source »

...Kiki Cuyler (Pittsburgh) drove out a two-base hit. The score was Pittsburgh, 9; Washington, 7. It was all over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: All Over | 10/26/1925 | See Source »

...boyish-faced Bluege behind the ear with a pitched ball. Spectators moaned. Having just commemorated one death, they feared they had witnessed another. Bluege revived, walked off the field. Moist-handed Pitcher Coveleskie, the Polish Spitballer (Washington), did well until the eighth inning when with the score tied, Kiki Cuyler (Pittsburgh) knocked a home run into the convenient right-field fence. Washington retaliated by filling the bases with none out in the ninth. Pitcher Aldridge had reserve and courage enough left to limit this rally to one run. Score: Pittsburgh 3, Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: World Series | 10/19/1925 | See Source »

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