Word: pleasingness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The music and lyrics are by Harold J. Rome, and at least one of the songs, "Sing Me a Song of Social Significance," is extremely entertaining. Not much is demanded in the way of acting, but all the players swing through their parts with a pleasing gusto, and Ruth Rubenstein...
Approaching the awkward age, Shirley is not quite so dewy as she used to be. Paced by the dark veteran, Bill Robinson, through two simple tap routines, one to a pleasing tune called Toy Trumpet, she seems something more than a doll, something less than a little girl. Her singing...
Such facts are pleasing to seamy-faced Dr. Gabriel Davidson, who last week rendered his 30th annual report as general manager of the Jewish Agricultural Society. Established in 1900, the Society is still backed by a fund set up by Baron Maurice de Hirsch (1831-96), the great German Jewish...
Not once in his address did the Austrian Chancellor mention the Fuhrer by name although he referred in eulogistic terms to Benito Mussolini, who originally advised Schuschnigg to go and bargain with Hitler. He firmly announced that the German Government had engaged itself to respect the political and territorial independence...
Joan Fontaine's performance in "Maid's Night Out" comes as a pleasing contrast. Although vaguely reminiscent of the old Hal Roach comedies, it presents in a sprightly way the adventures of a playboy turned milkman (Allan Lane). The plot may be weak, but the lines and fine character portrayals...