Word: notted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Overheated from the tea, I followed a group of freshmen infiltrating into the ballroom, in search of chocolate milk and root beer. "Now, I bet YOU play the piano!" a young lady was saying. "Not even chop sticks!" (She wiggled two fingers in the air to simulate the playing of...
Mrs. Conant, still holding a bouquet to ward off unknowing handshakers, was discussing the impracticality of the President's House, as a home. "It was built by President Lowell whose idea of something grand was that spiral staircase over there. It's fine for allowing ladies to sweep down in...
But before hooraying for playwright Knox, it must be pointed out that too often his "thrills" turn out to be fakes. The "murderer" ringing the doorbell turns out to be only a Western Union boy, etc. The audience feels not only a considerable letdown but also the embarrassing feeling of...
Alexander Knox, in addition to having written the play, is co-starred in its along with Doris Nolan (who is also Mrs. Knox). Both are very talented actors, thought it seems that Miss Nolan gives the better performance. Of course, as the wise and kind wife, she has the more...
It is difficult these days for the theater to compete with the cinema in the realms of fantasy and mystery. "Angel Street" is the exception in recent years. "The Closing Door" has plenty of thrills and short-lived suspense, but as a play it is not altogether satisfying.