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Subway Sadie (Dorothy MacKaill, Jack Mulhall). Out of material rich enough for genuine epic drama, they have extracted common cinema slush. The roaring subway," the jostled crowds are employed as sentimental background for a nitwit who wants to go to Paris more than anything else, but marries a poor subway guard instead. The guard turns out to be the son of the subway system's owner, so she goes to Paris after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Sep. 27, 1926 | 9/27/1926 | See Source »

...play, however, are mainly to be heaped before the door of Miss Lynn Fontanne. This singularly fine English actress (known in America principally for her delightful " Dulcy ") quite carries the play away. Despite her unconquerable English accent, almost Cockney, she gives an amazingly effective portrait of the nitwit heroine. Her sense of humor, her touch for character values are remarkable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Aug. 13, 1923 | 8/13/1923 | See Source »

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