Word: maining
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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First Lady is carried off with an unusual vivacity by Kay Francis. Its main drawback-that, as in most Kaufman plays, its crises are epigrammatic rather than emotional-is counteracted by its novel background and its general impudence. It is further notable for being Verree Teasdale's (Mrs. Aaolphe Menjou) first picture since her serious illness in October 1936. Her blonde coloring makes her a handsome foil to the darkling insipidity of Kay Francis, whom she outplays in their scenes together...
...hypothetical Bill Smith last week arrived in the hypothetical town of Zenith on a business trip. He marched through its marble-lined railroad station, climbed into a shiny taxicab, rode up Zenith's Main Street, admiring a handsome museum, four handsome churches, a dozen glittering drug stores. After he had dined on excellent roast beef in his hotel, Bill Smith lit a cigar and strolled out to a cinema, making up his mind on the way that he would tell his wife Zenith was a "great town...
...main opposition to this broadcasting plan comes from those who say they would object to hearing the Harvard team described in action with any reference to a commercial product. This could easily be prevented by agreements between the H. A. A. and the company paying for the broadcasting facilities. It is rumored that one company has already expressed its willingness to use its name only five times during the broadcast, once at the beginning, once at the end, and once between each quarter of the game...
...courageous action the burst gas main was stopped up and the gas company workers completed what the foreman termed "just another...
Richard Whittemore '40 plays the leading role aided by Miriam Clark, of Chestnut Hill, who has the main feminine part...