Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...monarchy of Cafeteria, forming an unhappy alliance with Mussolini & Hitler. With tunes that didn't seem too reminiscent, chorines that didn't sing too deep, ingénues that didn't look too muscular, So Proudly We Hail spurted fastest when it shook off its plot and bounced into revue...
...enter the vocal realm, go over with a resounding bang. When the "sweetest music this side of heaven" fades away, the stage is taken over by Donald Duck, who has a hilarious time with an omniverous ostrich, and by William Powell and Annabella, who in spite of the fantastic plot of "The Baroness and the Butler," also succeed in having a jolly time. If all programs were as good as this, movie reviewing would be uninterrupted bliss...
...Majesty's Government last week a whirlwind of Labor charges that they have secretly recognized the Spanish Rightist Government. Alba, one of the very bluest-blooded grandees of Spain and one of the wealthiest under King Alfonso XIII, announced in regard to the affair: "It was a plot of the Reds, that...
...Never Know (by Cole Porter; produced by John Shubert). Originally boomed for a spring opening on Broadway. You Never Know has elected to cash in on road business till summer, not go to Manhattan till fall. With Cole Porter music, a P. G. Wodehouse plot, Clifton Webb's versatility, Lupe Velez' high spirits, Libby Holman's low register, You Never Know has sex & sophistication, somewhat less breath & bounce. Riding high are Velez and Webb as a manservant and lady's maid who doll up in their employers' togs. Libby Holman, featured in the billing...
...Charm of La Boheme (Intergloria Film) sets characters very like Puccini's Mimi and Rodolfo on a tragic course in a modern cinema plot, contrives to fit the woeful wind-up into La Boheme's familiar last act. With vigorous operatic Tenor Jan Kiepura and his cinema-songstress wife, Marta Eggerth, singing the opera's chief arias, the music charms, the film's scheme proves a workable one for bringing grand opera to the screen...