Word: nugents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hearted Herbert (by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson; Eddie Dowling, producer). "I never saw a college man who was worth his salt," says Herbert Kalness (J. C. Nugent), a plump, mean, small-town manufacturer who also has a low opinion of evening clothes, servants and most of the amenities. When the play opens, he seems much less devoted to his charming family than to two pieces of bric-a-brac in the living room: a hideous crayon portrait of his day-laborer father and an oversized spittoon. The little comedy, which Song-&-Danceman Eddie Dowling chose for his first...
Married. Ruth H. Kresge, 30, often rumored engaged, eldest daughter of Sebastian Spering Kresge (5?-10?-25? stores); and Henry W. Nugent Head, 35, Wall Street broker, onetime British Army officer in India...
...third that the Alumni assumed the offensive bringing home three runs. Taylor, who had been well in control up to this time, allowed the bases to fill. Then a combination of errors on a grounder to short allowed Donaghy, Chauncey, and Nugent to cross the plate. Then Taylor settled down, Mays was out on a fly to infield, and McHale fanned. The Crimson came back with two runs in their half of the inning as Adams and Ware scored, and in the fourth made another tally...
HARVARD ALUMNI Adams, c.f. c.f., Burns Ware, r.f. 2b., Chase Thacher, 3b. 1b., Lord F. H. Gleason, 1b. s.s., Donaghy Sargent, s.s. c., Chauncey Nevin, c. l.f., Mays McCaffrey, l.f. 3b., Huxtable Hines, 2b. r.f., Gilligan or Nugent Taylor, p. p., Cutts, McHale, Whitmore...
...punch of "That's Gratitude" depends mainly on the "business" and the ability of Holmes and Nugent to keep the sympathy of the audience and maintain a nice, homey atmosphere. On this basis, the show is a complete success. In fact, its just a clean, action less, drama-less domestic comedy, and, as remarked before this is praise to some folks and poison to others...