Word: punching
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bill is names--Baker, Beetle, Bottle--and they all disappoint. Merely seeing Bottle in a box destroys a beautiful illusion of a deep-dyed villain; also his voice has lost its rasping note. Baker plays an accordion with finesse, even attempting the "Bolero," but his humor has lost its punch. This reviewer may never again appreciate the trio, even on the air, which is a loss to the ham industry. There is also a clever marionette show, which kindly raises the curtain so that the audience may at last see how the intricate system of wires manage the dolls...
...yarn; its costumes are authentic, thanks to Gaumont, consistently English. The Duchess of Richmond gives a ball for the Allied forces at Brussels, but when a courier gallops up with word that Napoleon has marched his myriad zealots to the city gates, England's finest leave a half empty punch bowl to march forth amid the plaudits of the multitude and the tender lamentations of the fair. Dainty handkerchiefs flutter from the balconies as the troops march past, for it has been "the last waltz, Madeline, and m' regiment leaves at dawn." Historically speaking, just a trifle before dawn...
Potatoes Anglaise cucumber, filet Chateaubriand with truffles, mashed potatoes, spinach with poached egg, escalope of sweetbreads Bordelaise, fresh peas, and to wash it down, frozen claret punch...
Among the latest cases before Lord Hewart was a freak suit brought just before Christmas by whimsical Playwright Alan Patrick Herbert. That eminent contributor to Punch contended that the House of Commons persistently violates its own Licensing Act by serving alcoholic beverages in its own restaurant without a license. With everyone in holiday spirits, the Lord Chief Justice settled himself on King's Bench and addressed the Attorney General, Sir Thomas Inskip: "I see from the list what the nature of this case is and would like to point out that I am still, through no fault...
...keeps us apart." Author LeCocq has been to England; Author Douglas has not. Their little (112-page) satire on their Motherland scores many a palpable hit, is never far off the mark. Both for Americans who have been to England and for those who have never been nearer than Punch, Britannia Waives the Rules will be good interlinear reading...