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Word: ladyes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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We have a struggle to criticize a Claudette Colbert picture rationally. She certainly has something we like to see but "The Bride Comes Home" runs in the same rut of he-man conquering little lady despite wealthy opposition. Colbert can act, as well as show off well, and it is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/21/1936 | See Source »

The Henry Fund was founded by the late Lady Julia Lewisohn Henry "in the earnest hope and desire of cementing the bonds of friendship between the British Empire and the United States." The Fellowships are given to English students for study at American universities and to American students for study...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Three Seniors Win Henry Fund Fellowship for Foreign Study | 2/20/1936 | See Source »

In this play Mr. Cohan is the "Dear Old Darling," of course, but what that title really means is "Dear Old Dupe." The precedent of "Kind Lady" is carried on, and the entire plot of the present production is concerned with the machinations of a slippery clan of genteel racketeers...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/19/1936 | See Source »

Claudia was a lady, in the English sense, but she worked like a slave in her London office to keep up a place in the country, a cantankerous husband who had not had a job since the War. three growing children. Most of her family, most of her friends thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mother Bird | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

Author E. M. Delafield (Mrs. Arthur Paul Dashwood), a nice mixture of Jane Austen, Punch and her own "provincial lady," writes with malice aforethought but manages to leave a pleasantly salty aftertaste. Seldom frighteningly clever, she preaches entertaining sermonettes that make her listeners laugh out of both sides of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mother Bird | 2/17/1936 | See Source »

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