Word: melodrama
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...transatlantic trip of the four "NC" biplanes. Besides the desire to know the reasons for a flight which so nearly ended in disaster, there is also a justifiable curiosity concerning the reports of the journey--reports that contradict each other at almost every turn. The days of melodrama for melodrama's sake have passed; so that when, in these latter days, the life of a man hangs on the howling of a dog, and a matter-of-fact balloon trip culminates in a fist fight in a North Canadian log hut, there is a natural desire to seek...
Channing Pollock's melodrama, "The Sign on the Door," which opened at the Majestic Theatre on Monday night, attempts to follow the "thriller" pathway of such as "The Thirteenth Chair," "The Crimson Alibl," or "The Ouija Board." But the standard of these plays is a difficult one to maintain, and "The Sign on the Door" does not reach it. Instead, we have a murder story of rather clumsy construction, which has for its saving feature the admirable acting of Marjorie Rambeau and practically all the others in the cast...
Channing Pollock's new melodrama, "The Sign on the Door," comes to the Majestic Theatre on November...
...addition to this "big three", Charles Withers, who scintillates in a travesty on the old time melodrama; the agile and graceful Mosconi family; Florence O. Denishawn in her unique dances; Miss Nina Payne who performs a very dificult and exquisite "skirt dance", and the comely Grace Moore, all contribute to the success of the performance...
...play is rich with bits of real humor, with real acting and a plot reaching at times true melodrama. Surely Boston is fortunate to have Lou Tellegen here...