Word: laugh
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Don Quixote in English finally reached the U. S. Critics found it lively, visually beautiful, well acted by Chaliapin and a predominantly British cast including jovial old (65) George Robey, music-hall comedian. The pathos of the hero, however, choked off many a laugh at his comic doings...
Finally came the laugh-provoking quip for which the Rumanian Senators were waiting. They all understood juicy Jorga to be referring to ascetic Bachelor Julius Maniu when he crushingly concluded: "People who do not sin usually do not sin because they are not able...
...Maybe," suggested a pert newshawk, "you had better write Washington about it." The President got a big laugh, but serious Otis Moore was at pains to point out to reporters that, for fear of embarrassing the President, he had sought no government agricultural benefits. Said he: "I will not even let the Negroes who live on the land apply for relief...
...Neither Tenor George Metaxa, whose wife was killed in an automobile accident last March, nor Elsbeth ("Libby") Hoiman Reynolds, whose husband was mysteriously shot two years before, add much to the color or amusement of the proceedings. Fluffy-haired old Charles Winninger gets his biggest laugh when, as the rutty governor, he falls into a mill race filled with real water...
...dislike "Brute" Howell. Quite to the contrary, he was counting on "The Brute" to bring back his dollar from Brady. It was just funny, that's all. Gus had to laugh...