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Word: kissing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Wilbur--"The Kiss In A Taxi", with Athur Byron and Janet Beechar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOARDS and BILLBOARDS | 4/30/1926 | See Source »

That this is neither vapid nor too expansive is proved by even momentary thought. For where would the world be without any one of the three. It was a kiss 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...

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

Wilbur--"The Kiss In A Taxi", with Athur Byron and Janet Beecher...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOARDS and BILLBOARDS | 4/28/1926 | See Source »

Wilbur--"The Kiss in a Taxi...

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

Kongo is also tropical, and it too seethes. It is surrounded and all but smothered in a wealth of Africal detail from tom-toms to a native girl who wants a kiss-kiss. In the midst of this jungle of atmosphere is a huge man (white) paralyzed from the waist down. He is bent upon revenging himself on a man (also white) who has wronged him years before. The play is remorseless, obvious and undeniably effective. Sufficient portions of sex are, of course, added. It will serve nicely for those who now and then like to take the whole evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: New Plays: Apr. 12, 1926 | 4/12/1926 | See Source »

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