Word: mertonism
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...Merton of the Movies. Lacking the smouldering satire of the book, deprived of the caustic cleverness of the play, slightly distorted as to plot, the camera version of Merton Gill still reveals him as one of the strong men in the cinema sideshow. Probably the heart of the story is too vigorous to skip a beat just because certain outward features are differently applied. Merton has now been played in all the available roles, differently each time and each time with enviable effect...
Yesterday afternoon, the cast went in to the Colonial Theatre where two numbers, "Some Day in June" and "I'm a Lonely Senorita," were performed for the Actor's Benefit Performance. The casts of several plays now in Boston, "Merton of the Movies", "The Gingham Girl" and "Topics of 1923" also contributed numbers to the performance...
Glenn Hunter, well known stage and screen star, who recently created the part of Merton in "Merton of the Movies" will speak at 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Gore Hall Common Room on "The Relation of Acting in the Movies, and on the Stage...
...anti-Normand to impress chauffeurs that the season on millionaires was definitely closed, New York (probably fearing the vote of the nine million taxi-drivers in the widely known metropolis) stayed silent. Accordingly Mabel Normand opened in The Extra Girl. It turned out to be a feminine edition of Merton and guaranteed harmless. The scandal-starved hundreds can gaze, gape and grin at Miss Normand to their hearts' content and bring their children. For those who align themselves with this department in Considering screen Mabel an exceptionally comic personality, the picture will appeal...
...Herbert Merton Jessel was made a baron. He served in the Ministry of Supply during the War and can be termed a soldier-politician, having joined the 17th Lancers, one of Britain's crack regiments, when 20 years of age. Aged 57, he has been an M.P. several times. It was he who carried the Old Age Pensions Act through the House of Commons...