Word: monologic
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Even to Russians the swarthy Kremlin Dictator does not convey his views or orders in a monolog. Like Mussolini, Stalin has the habit, nerve-racking to his henchmen, of asking them first what they think. They may try to guess what he wants them to think, but inevitably Stalin succeeds in digging out much mental meat. He then sums up, gives his decision, and with sighs of relief the henchmen agree. This method, adopted by Mussolini from Machiavelli's II Principe, Stalin evolved from his innate Oriental flair for despotism. Charming when he chooses, Joseph Stalin, big-boned...
Loneliest of the dramatic arts is the monolog. It is unpopular with male performers, but a handful of U. S. actresses have developed it to a high degree of art within its narrow limits. So far this season, Monologists Ruth Draper and Cornelia Otis Skinner have visited Broadway. Last week Manhattan theatregoers had a chance to witness the work of another capable theatrical lone wolf. She was Helen Howe...
...Thomas news monolog, in its effort to be harmlessly funny, is objectionable to many a cinema-goer. Last month, in describing a dogteam sled race in New Hampshire, it went as follows: "This is a mushy story . . . mush, mush . . . mush, mush, mush...
...persuasively told, so well mounted is Now and Forever that its old tricks seem almost new. In a slightly different combination are to be found the ingredients which in Little Miss Marker made dimpled, piping Shirley Temple a national sensation. When Shirley holds a monolog with an imaginary person whom she addresses as "Mr. Cosgrove," when she gives herself parlor airs as a rival of her "new mother" for her father's attention, when she cheats a contemporary out of a pair of roller skates, she further validates her growing place as the sprightliest cinema prodigy since Jackie Coogan. Good...
...without rhyme or reason. From bed to sofa he rambled. The family pulled down the shades to shield him from the neighbors. The folks tried to catch some sense from what he chattered. His voice became shrill, raspy, hurried. "Cigarets should never be taxed in Ohio," ran his monolog. "When I was a boy, Joe and I used to go swimming together. Now he thinks cigarets should be taxed. . . . Sometimes I believe that Joe doesn't realize how hard it is to be a truck driver in Columbus. But I'm not getting any better. . . . The radio seemed nice last...