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...Good Americans (by Sidney J. and Laura West Perelman; Courtney Burr, producer) is a glib notation on the way some U. S. citizens, who live year-round in Paris, drink, wisecrack, pose and suffer. A tall, indolent young writer (Fred Keating) vaguely wishes he could afford to marry a striding, firm-chinned Paris fashion expert with a dazzling smile (Hope Williams). He is reduced to living off commissions from Paris stores to which he steers rich U. S. girls, finally resigns himself to the idea of marrying one. With laconic bitterness Hope Williams counters by encouraging a rich New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 18, 1933 | 12/18/1933 | See Source »

...gentle little tale of the men and women that one meets in this center of the wild and wooly west. And of course, dual personalities are always interesting. A far cry from the hustle and bustle of Michigan Avenue is a little town in merry England where Duchess Laura lives in her own quaint fashion. As conceived by Mrs. Bellor Loundes, Dutchess Laura -- Further Days of Iter Life (Longmans, Green, $2.00) is a real study of the nobler class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Browsing | 12/16/1933 | See Source »

Doctor Monica (adapted by Laura Walker from the Polish of Marja M. Szczepkowska; Robert Martin, producer). The oval, heavy-eyed face of Alia Nazimova is now lined and pouched with old hysterias. Her mouth pulls naturally down at the corners. Her pictures make her look either like the bedraggled murderess at the scene of the crime or like Mary, Queen of Scots. Yet the baroque stumblings, wrist-wavings, jaw-droppings, head-wagglings with which Miss Nazimova documents Doctor Monica seriously involved Manhattan audiences in a play that should have been a dull and outdated feminist tract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 20, 1933 | 11/20/1933 | See Source »

...exhibits flash and speed if not power and drive. Having absolutely nothing to say, she nevertheless manages to say it pleasantly, and her latest piece, dealing with the young Farrars of Homewood, N. J., is additionally brightened by the return from Hollywood of droll Roland Young and crack-brained Laura Hope Crews. Ned Farrar (Mr. Young) is an irresponsible husband who "makes just enough not to get along on," loses his job, accepts a position as handyman in the home of his wife's rich aunt (Miss Crews). This lady, unaware of his identity, takes a strong fancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 6, 1933 | 11/6/1933 | See Source »

Married. George Herbert ("Pete") Bostwick, 24, No. 1 U. S. gentleman jockey; and Laura Elizabeth Curtis, Manhattan socialite; in Roslyn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 16, 1933 | 10/16/1933 | See Source »

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