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...clever with her nimble dance steps that by the time she comes out for her third encore, the house is hers, the song about her boy friend's "shushpenders," and her dance "Subway Shuffle," completely captivating the audience. As for Miss Foster, we are forced to admit that her playlet is rather crude, but her acting, plus her dark hair and bright eyes--well it was a good...

Author: By D. M. K., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 5/10/1929 | See Source »

...most unusual, and best received act on the bill is a one act playlet "The Undercurrent" which is admirably performed. Listed with this rather tense drama is a mixed group of performers, chief among them being Bob Hall who amuses with his extemporaneous songs, in which he takes the bald gentleman on our right and the fat lady in front for his subjects. The Lester and Irving trio produce one of the cleverest acts on the program with unusually difficult athletic stunts. Tony and Norman put on a bit of fast repartee, while Bobby Watson and Mary Lawlor, two former...

Author: By D. M. K., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/26/1929 | See Source »

...General Electric laboratory at Schenectady last fortnight people peered at the small 3" x 3" screen of Dr Ernst Frederik Werner Alexanderson's television receiving set. They were waiting for the performance of the first playlet broadcast by television. It was J. Hartley Manners' The Queen's Messenger. There being only two parts, there were only two actors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Television | 9/24/1928 | See Source »

...bewildered people postured, of dark mysterious forests in which Indians trotted and yodeled and performed their gloomy dances. A citizen of London, he smiled; he watched Bunker Hill as if it had been a sham battle fought in an English park and, when Boston was blockaded, wrote a playlet that amused the inhabitants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NON-FICTION: Gentleman Johnny | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Macdonald Laborite Government (1924). Respondent-The Right Honorable Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, P.C.,* C.H.,† Chancellor of the Exchequer in the present Baldwin Conservative Government. Harlequin-John Joseph Jones, M.P. from West Ham, famed as "Jumping Jack Jones" (TIME, April 7, 1924). THE PLAYLET...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sharp Exchange | 4/5/1926 | See Source »

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