Word: portrayal
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that in which Mae shows her presents to a friend; you will see what I mean when you hear her say, "It's real jade ... he said," in a tone of trusting naivete which touches the heights. On the other hand, the scenes which attempt to portray some queer form of true love, suddenly burgeoning in the largest of American bosoms, are not so rosy; perhaps they are too much out of character. At any rate, the whole picture is a series of such up and downs and contrasts; as art, it is a flop; as entertainment, it gets there...
...pageant will portray the early history of the First Church of Cambridge. Professor Hart will play the role of Steven Hart, and early citizen. Professor Mather will take the part of President Kirkland of Harvard, and Professor Moore will portray President Langdon...
...Masquerader," University--A pleasant romance starring Ronald Colman and Elissa Landi. The other feature, "The Narrow Corner," contains an excellent bit of character portray al by Dudley Digges. Last...
Argentine Tango is in no sense as big a book as "Wellington." The material runs thin, and might even be called superficial, except that these travel sketches are always so well drawn and prove so diverting. Guedalla has not lost his sharp wit nor his ability to portray lucidly. He has done a competent piece of work with difficult and rather unsatisfactory material...
...closely resembles the U. S. caricature of Bluenose the Prohibitor. He has a long nose, a high hat and European dress. Some carvings are crude, some masterpieces of wood carving. Herbert W. Krieger, National Museum curator of ethnology, noted that all obviously were intended to portray the same individual, a white...