Word: performances
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...true that the newspapers and their supplements perform this function also, but all of their information is poisoned at the source by an uplift which distorts and inflames the faubourgs; if they are made privy to gin and the bright lights, they know them only as the tools of a class abstracted from their own pursuits and pointed up for envy and hostility. But a session with the Legion makes them think twice before they demand that the theatres and the distilleries should be expunged as unholy in the rural theology. It gives them vinous experience not in barns...
...Labor knows that this is a problem that affects us very vitally because we know that when dollars are cheapened commodity prices rise, but wages stand still. Until [the Government] can assure Labor that we will get more of these cheap dollars for the day's work we perform, so that it will conform to the increase of commodity prices, it is my judgment that Labor will stand unflinchingly against Inflation...
Stoopnagle and Bud, famous for their work on the radio, perform on the stage with a seemingly natural knack of knowing what will get a laugh. They take off Rudy Valee, Bert Lahr, and the Barbasol Man. The imitation of Rudy's singing by Bud was excellent, and elicited many healthy sniggers from the audience. No less commendable in the stage show was a couple which did the tango and rumba gracefully...
Owing to the success of last year's beer garden dance at the Hotel Commander, there will be several such affairs this winter. It is probable that the club will perform one or two plays in addition...
...Much of the picture is painfully realistic: in places it seems to lack a swiftness of touch usually attained on the stage, and the debonair Montgomery is a bit out of his element as a heavy. However, I can recommend "Another Language" without reservations. Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery perform ably and are assisted by an excellent group of actors in minor roles...