Word: lead
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Blossom Seeley as "Roxie" of Chicago is the "sex appeal" of the production. Vividly blond, with a Tanguay voice, and costumes to match, she is the most contagious if not the stellar light of the edition. Miss Grace Brinkley in the lead is very beautiful and very dumb. As an ingenue Laura Lee she manages to hold down her end of the flighty show rather well. As for the males in the cast, no one but Dr. George Rockwell was enabled or deserved to occupy the spotlight unduly long. After much perserverance he managed to exhaust the resistance...
...347° Fahrenheit?more than hot enough to sear human flesh, to cook a potato, to convert water into steam (212° F.); but only half hot enough to melt lead...
...dramatic performances which transcend almost any recent histrionic portrayals of the cinema. Charles Farrell and Esther Ralston perform beautifully together; Wallace Beery and George Bancroft make the screen's best comic pair; and Johnny Walker as Decatur is a gallant and heroic figure. Of course, the "Constitution" has the lead and holds...
Although the Freshman managed to bring its count up to 23 in the second half, the Blue and White team's lead was never seriously threatened. Driscoll, St. John's center, was the most conspicuous player of the game, and lead the Danvers with a total of ten points to his credit...
...even if not consecutive time, to give to reading and, through extension courses and other agencies they may have suggestion and guidance in that reading. The experiment at Harvard will be watched with great interest, and not alone by those who desire college careers. Its results, if successful, may lead to the adoption of "reading periods" for self education outside of college walls. New York Times...