Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...reason why people like my books," she says, "is that I write of life as I want it to be." Since Mrs. Norris follows the dictates of her Church, the heroines in her stories can never get divorces, never practice birth control. As a result of this strict plot limitation, only the death of any who block her heroine's way can lead to a happy ending. And death stalks the pages of Mrs. Norris' novels as grimly and certainly as in a Greek tragedy. Two have to die in Woman in Love. First Tamara's seducer...
Conforming to Hollywood standards in settings, songs (mostly by Rodgers & Hart), dances and costumes. Evergreen even has a backstage plot. It shows its heroine, the ambitious daughter of a retired stage favorite, becoming a star by pretending to be her mother. The impersonation, carried on to the detriment of her own intrigue with a young press agent and to the feverish anxiety of her stage manager (Sonnie Hale), ends when, on a gala opening night, she removes her white wig and does a modern dance routine which first alarms, then enchants her audience...
...specifically, any type of adventure story demands a certain type of character for its roles with the result that individual interpretations must be thrown into the discard. The struggle of the colonel, Sir Guy Standing, between devotion to the army and love for his son lends coherence to the plot. Richard Cromwell brings to the role of the son a sincerity which overcomes the unpleasant aspect of his part, a sufficient proof of his ability. The reactions of Gary Cooper as the rebellious officer and Franchot Tone as the Blues replacement under fire should provide an estimate of their contributions...
...like Jack Oakie's cockiness and Lanny Ross' voice you will enjoy "College Rhythm" in spite of the plot. As a matter of fact there is no plot according to all dicta of drama, as far as the reviewer could determine. The action hovers around unrevealed and unrequited love, a theme which is as old as the world itself...
...villain need be! Passions spin the plot...