Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...brilliantly acted by three members of the cast-Harold Johnsrud, Jules Artfeld and Antoinette Crawford-the icy despair of The Waltz of the Dogs is indeed produced according to the author's recipe. Its somewhat antiquated use of soliloquy and its droning tragedy, unencumbered by contemporary fashions in plot construction, make it a sour entertainment for play-goers drilled in a less difficult tradition. Its sadness is serious and harsh and not the relaxative kind old women...
...film. It was harmlessly funny. In fact, it was as well done as it possibly could be. Miss Nichols had aided Victor Fleming (famed director of The Way of All Flesh) in putting it together. Jean Hersholt as Solomon Levy (father of Abie) performed with dignity and feeling. The plot was slightly changed: Abie Levy (Charles Rogers) and Rosie Murphy (Nancy Carroll) get married secretly soon after the World War. Their parents' consent is not obtained until twins are born...
...trial proceeded, the Prosecution was seriously embarrassed, last week, when two of its chief witnesses were mysteriously shot dead near their homes. Commented Bad-Man Badchis, innocently, "All this is the result of a plot by my enemies...
...Breaks. There is always a breath of country air in the production of J. C. (Father) and Elliott (Son) Nugent. They write their plays, one would suppose, while sitting on the front porch, and then read the script to the neighbors. Although the plot of their latest contribution hangs upon a surgical operation which is highly sophisticated if scientifically vague, the play retains a rural placidity. Perhaps this is because Father Nugent, a portly but very mildly sinister figure, acts his leading role...
...murder of Don Ramon Valdez, the plot of Orsini to break the bank at Monte Carlo, the final hunt for the Apache Latouche, two crimes of the "perfect murderer," Hanoi Shan, and others, are all told in a clear, concise, not undramatic fashion. They are tales of detection at first hand, for in almost every case the author himself had some part...