Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plot, well the plot does not matter unless you insist on logical sequences, and then you will have to admit that it is as plausible a story as that of any legitimate musical comedy. Dolores Del Rio's comely figure and pretty face fit in nicely. But, as I have said before, it is Fred Astaire's picture, one very worth while seeing for his presence, for such tunes as "Carioca." "Flying Down To Rio," and "Music Makes Me," and for the professional direction and photography...
...plot in spite of numerous inconsistencies, is undeniably amusing and bears earmarks of originality. No time is lost in superfine introduction. In the first minute Elsie Andrews breaks with her millionaire father on the subject of matrimony, dives gracefully from the parental yacht and strikes out for shore with a fast crawl stroke. After cleverly dodging her father's detectives she leaves Miami via bus for New York to rejoin her lover. On the bus she meets Peter Warn, who after the typical Clark Gable show of insolence takes her under his protection. Then ensue several scenes at tourist camps...
Professor Salvemini was accused of being one of the organizers of the plot, which included, according to the Italian government, a conspiracy against the life of Premier Mussolini. The explosion injured four people and spread panic among a gathering of Holy Year Pilgrims. Professor Salvemini could not be reached for a statement last night...
...degree to which it fulfills its pretensions, then "The Perfumed Lady" must be adjudged an eminently successful play. It sets out to be a pleasant light comedy, and in no place is this aim forgotten. The result is a play in which the dialogue is amusing, the plot well-conceived, and the characters admirably drawn. Precisely because it does not attempt too much, "The Perfumed Lady" accomplishes a great deal...
...rushing America forward with deadly persistence towards Moscow. But in the usual reassuring last paragraph, Mr. Sullivan, rearing himself ruggedly into pontifical mood, asserts his faith in the integrity of the People and the Courts who before long, he feels, will rise in their might and check this dastardly plot before it is too late...