Word: manner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strange figure, a reproduction of a French "medicine" of the 17th century, has been crested to attract public attention to the coming production of Moliere's "Mousieur to Poureesugnae" by the French Club. In a manner characteristic of Meliere, the "medicine" is made the butt of the same satire which is attached to a modern mother...
...crowd, usually greedy for "color," that curious amalgam of arrogance and nonchalance, this time preferred Oldster Hoppe's quiet manner. At first he justified its hopes, led Cochran by seven points. Gradually Irishman Cochran regained his skill, his orthodox playing succeeding where his opponent's daring wizardry just failed. Superstitious spectators thought Hoppe a sure winner when he reached ''king row" (40th point) ahead of Cochran, groaned when a minute later he miscued. Cochran, now bubbling with confidence, soon completed the match with an unfinished run of seven, prevented Hoppe from fulfilling a ten-year dream...
Show Them No Mercy. When Zanuck started the gangster cycle five years ago, censors had not yet ruled that picture makers must not show the manner in which a crime is committed. This story obeys the new rule by beginning at the end of a "perfect" kidnapping, picking up the kidnappers at the point where, receiving the ransom money, they begin their flight. A serious complication develops when the gang finds that a young couple have taken shelter in their hideout, a deserted farmhouse. In that simple interior and a few exteriors (the grounds of the house, the countryside around...
...American superstition that a high standard of living depends upon a favorable balance of trade. Although it is almost a truism that American prosperity depends upon Europe's having enough gold stocks to keep her currencies somewhere near stability, the United States continues to believe in a mulish manner that this country must sell the world more and more and buy less and less. To point out that America is no longer a debtor nation, as she was before the War, has small effect upon men who would rather have gold taken out of their teeth than...
...Boyer is her vibrant charming self. She still has that intimate night-club manner which endears her to a large slice of the public and she sings in her dramatic way several noteworthy new songs. She has something which seems to make everybody forget that her voice is not among the best. Yes, she sings "Parlez-moi d'Amour...