Word: maudlin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Through it all, Miss Binney is her graceful, appealing self, making the most of her comedy parts, and captivating everybody but the insensible hero. She is always a little apart from the slightly crude Warren and Wayne, and the maudlin Gleason; she remains firmly ensconced as the "Perfect Lady...
...banners of amusement. But the Russians were on the scene, well up in their lines, on the scene and shrewdly shepherded, and consequently the Egyptian did fairly well in dress fabrics, but was unable to snatch the torch of drama from Stanislavski. Yet there is not that maudlin excitement over the pilgrims from Petrograd which prevailed a year ago. If you casually remark to your laundrywoman that Stanislavski and Balieff will be back on Broadway her enthusiasm will scarcely unhinge her to the point of crowning herself with a flatiron. The Russian fad, a trifle overdone, is fading. Where then...