Word: kittenishness
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Irked by taunts that the lionesses of his Missouri safari (TIME, Oct. 17 & 31) were "young and kittenish," Denver M. Wright, St. Louis manufacturer, announced he would try it over. Declared he: "If I do it again I'll get a couple of old, vicious ones. I'm the sort of a fellow that likes to do a thing, once he sets his mind to it." Next day he was reported off on a "quail hunt," taking with him two lion cubs younger than the first pair...
...Duchess and Casilda are rather dull at best, but the Duchess at the Hollis hardly possesses the domineering thick contralto of the Savoy tradition; and her account to her daughter Casilda of how she "tamed your great progenitor at last" is more kittenish than relentless as it should be. As for Casilda, she sings too noisily, particularly in "There Was a Time," a delicious bit of Victorian sentimentalism that should be dealt with tenderly...
...made them get up on one elbow. But it is no use. No modern audience can be expected to laugh at repartee like this: "I should fall and break my neck." "That's immaterial to me. "Yes, but not to me." No audience wants to watch Miss Purcell being kittenish when the Chocolate Soldier invades her bedroom, agreeable as Miss Purcell certainly is, or wants to hear her beat her chest and scream "I-hate-you-I-hate-you!" And who is amused by Alexius, the type of the "Miles Gloriosus" who was a theatrical chestnut in Roman times...
...well that when Royal Dutch decided to open a California agency under J. C. Van Eck (who then spoke little English) he was made the Dutchman's assistant. In San Francisco today he is a popular socialite, president of the San Francisco Golf Club. He is still kittenish with the Press but his famed smile has been known to sell many a barrel...
...blatant plot of Five and Ten, conceived and executed as a magazine novel by Author Fannie Hurst, permits Marion Davies, hitherto an adroit though kittenish comedienne, to attempt an emotional role. Although Hearst papers, as is customary, hailed her efforts loudly, her defi ciencies were made more than usually apparent by juxtaposition with the work of smooth, skilful Leslie Howard. The 5? & 10? store tycoon, chief character in the book but not the cinema, is able Richard Bennett, father of Cinemactresses Joan and Constance and Cabaret Dancer Barbara Bennett...