Word: matronly
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...unity of that fine old American institution, home-life in New York. From dawn till dusk this knee-pant Trojan wages attrition warfare against the temptations to which his weaker-willed parents are subjected: a sheik-like artist in the case of his portraitgenic mother, and a dove-like matron innocently laying the net for his father. Lily Cahill, la mere; Jay Fassett, le pere, Eddie Nugent, le beau de L'arte;--these and the remainder of the cast are all quite adequate. But it is Monsieur Thomas, L'enfant terrible par excellence, who provides the freshness and snap "Your...
...villainy took place in the course of seven weeks. To begin with, he was the kindly chum of Linda Dale, whose husband, a wealthy mill owner, had skipped out on her. Taking Linda to the movies, plying her with goodies, the doctor made such an impression on the young matron that she decided to get an Enoch Arden divorce. Then Husband Eric Dale popped out of nowhere, eager once more for Linda. Upset and unnerved, Linda rejected his advances, proceeded to New York to brood...
...Cronin's protagonists are standard stock, the rest of his cast is even more so. Painfully familiar are the kindly old doctor who plays solitaire, the desiccated matron in black who hatches plots, the wife of the sanatorium's chief who likes to have her virtue sullied by the hero of the piece. Reasonably well acted, Jupiter Laughs could be diagnosed as a sad case of dramatic leukemia...
...Malacanan dressed in uniforms copied after those worn at Buckingham Palace, dropped the idea only after earnest advice from friends. He is the adored father of two grown-up daughters. Maria Aurora ("Baby") and Zenaida ("Mini"), and a small son. Manuel Jr. ("Nonong"). Mrs. Quezon, dignified and portly, keeps matron...
...great shakes as a two-year-old. But this year, thanks to careful nursing of his weak hocks. Baby (as he is known around the barns) outstepped his rivals in three of the four major tune-ups for the Hambletonian: Indianapolis' Stallion Stake, Toledo's Matron Stake and Narragansett's National Stake. At Goshen last week Fred Egan's Baby did not let his followers down. He made a runaway of the first heat, crossed the finish line (half a length in front of Remus, two in front of Kuno) in 2:02, fastest time chalked...