Word: parisian
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...broad farce and recherché horrors-will come over to New York under the direction of the Selwyns, associated with William Elliott. The cadaverous M. Max and the agile Mile. Paulette (who has been murdered in more different and spine-chilling ways than any other actress on the Parisian stage) will lead the company. Eye-gouging, vitriol-throwing and premature burial are some the jovial themes employed in previous Grand Guignol productions. R. U. R. is opening in London shortly. A robot with a genuinely English accent should be the height of something or other-ingenuity, perhaps. The outdoor show...
SEVENTH HEAVEN-Helen Menken as a down-trodden Parisian slavey who lashes her bullying sister into submission with a blacksnake whip. Conventional but exciting...
SEVENTH HEAVEN-A long snake whip and a rendering of La Marseillaise off-stage are the emotional assistants to Helen Menken in a skillfully concocted assembly of Parisian eccentricities...
...just waking up from a nightmare, with all the thrill of emotional participation and none of the consequent hazards. You can get the keenest satisfaction out of a mild taxicab flirtation in Anything Might Happen, with no anticipatory tremors at sound of the clicking meter. You can share the Parisian amours of the charming wife and somewhat less charming husband in The Love Habit with no fear for your ultimate respectability. You can listen to the sweet mutual nothings of Romeo and Juliet, and your amorous envy will be allayed by prescience of their unfortunate finish...
SEVENTH HEAVEN?A Iong snake whip and a rendering of La Marseillaise off-stage are the emotional assistants to Helen Menken in a skillfully concocted assembly of Parisian eccentrics...