Word: plays
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...drunkard and the woman a noble creature who makes sacrifices for him. Occasionally, of course, these gamblers happen to be wrong. Then the photoplay turns out to be a merry narrative of college life, in which the students take excellent courses in tap dances and the hero, who has played listlessly in the first half of the big game because his sweetheart seems untrue to him, discovers that she is the flower of fidelity and goes ninety-five yards for a touchdown in the last ten seconds of play, just to celebrate her loyalty...
...whole, however, it has been the more naturally cinematic films with music that have been successful. "The Dance of Life," which is the screen edition of the play "Burlesque," is typical of this school and really set the model for it. The vogue has been so successful that such wildly inferior pictures as "Broadway Scandals," "Jazz Heaven," and "The Song of Love," while far from smash hits, seem likely to show a profit merely because they meet that popular demand for song and dance with a touch of the Laugh, Mrs. Clown, Laugh manner...
...Class series, on the other hand, has a very definite objective. The winners of the series receive their numerals, have their names inscribed on a permanent class trophy, play against the winning Yale class team and in case of victory over Yale, receive medals. This fall the winning Sophomores who defeated the Yale Seniors at New Haven 26-0 are very proud with all these honors. In addition they have been chosen by J. L. Knox, coach of the Second Varsity, to demonstrate Holy Cross and Yale plays for the Varsity team...
...Hickok, one half of Yale's famous end combination of Hickok and Barres. After observing this pair go down under punts and play a bang up game against both Dartmouth and Princeton, Grantland Rice called them the best set of ends in the whole country. They will have to travel at top speed today, however, to outshine a brilliant Crimson end squad...
...Palmer, veteran Blue center and stroke of the victorious Yale crew, who will match cunning and deception on the defense with B. Ticknor today. When Hall, regular Yale quarter, is not in the game Palmer will have the unique dual job of playing center and calling signals at the same time. He does this to relieve Booth of the extra responsibility of directing play...