Word: ladyes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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"The Importance of Being Earnest" is pleasantly reminiscent of England's upper crust before the age of umbrella politics and Lady Astor. Fragrant, trivial, witty, and as unreal as Dresden China, this horsehair classic of Oscar Wilde's is a harmless sedative for 1939 hangovers.
Clifton Webb carries off the acting honors in his portrayal of John Worthing, who leads a double life as a city rake and grave country gentleman. As the sarcastic and mercenary old snob, Lady Bracknell, Estelle Winwood gives her usual competent performance. Hope Williams is excellent in a rather slim...
Even Wagner's fans cannot deny that his operas are lush. His love affairs were more so. Richard found it even harder to edit his morals than his scores, and scarcely less numerous than his leitmotivs were his lady-friends. Most soothing of all, according to Miss Richardson, was...
He appeared briefly on the Boston scene Tuesday to autograph copies of his latest book, "Wickford Point," which features a Harvard Housemaster turned novelist. Seated behind an imposing pile of his latest works, Marquand was guarded from a rush of autograph-seekers which failed to materialize, by an efficient lady...
> En route to Hollywood to make his first U. S. picture for Producer David Selznick, pudgy British Director Alfred Hitchcock (The Lady Vanishes) stopped off to lecture Yale drama students in cinemanufacture. Excerpt: "Suspense can be introduced in a simple love story as well as the mystery or 'whodunit...