Word: portrayals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wallstein, whose characterization of a prosperous M. P. who loses for a day his carefully attained sense of value, is very finely done. Miss Hill and Miss Crocker, in the leading feminine roles, have little acting to do, but do it gracefully. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Joyce portray satisfactorily the spineless characters they represent; Mr. Meyer is more successful, in a more positive part...
...necessity be supercritical or he would not be in the newspaper business, much less in that peculiar branch of sophisticated criticism that goes by the name of editorial writing. For aside from other considerations, it is the attempt of nearly every modern newspaper to lead rather than to portray public opinion in its editorial columns. The mail, published daily, and consisting of the interested contributions of enthusiastic or irate readers of the editorial columns is sufficient testimony to the diversity of opinion. And, as is obvious, such questions that may have two sides, representing enough partisan interest to evoke comment...
Evidently the person writing these briefs of "People" either knows nothing of the very remarkable book with all its beauty and philosophy, or he is prejudiced and meant to slur the character which Miss Barrymore will portray in this play...
Design: All the new bills are black & green (no more "yellow-backs"). All $1 bills portray Washington, all $2s Jefferson, $5s Lincoln, $10s Hamilton, $20s Jackson, $50s Grant, $100s Franklin, $500s McKinley, $1,000s Cleveland, $5,000s Madison, $10,000s Chase...
...College. The athletes of this mythical school play an important part in depicting the life there. The comedy lead is played by an ex-prize fighter, while the climax of the performance comes during the baseball game between Peckwater and Crawford. A unique method is to be used to portray this game on the stage, according to the directors of the play...