Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kingmaker, had made the worst possible choice of King for his purposes. Of mixed Danish-German-Russian royal blood, George II may not be brainy but he has a great deal of what it takes to be King. For the difficult maneuvering ahead he can count on much quiet British help and the Greeks are used to being over-awed by the warships of George V, the "Sailor King." To George II furious Greek Republicans issued a manifesto addressed to "George Glucksburg" and stating "you are only the leader and tool of a gang of terrorists...
...haughty Darcy (Colin Keith-Johnston). Actress Chandler, the blonde and tremulous wife of Actor Bramwell Fletcher, and Actress Allen, the brown-haired, vivacious mate of Actor Raymond Massey, have been given no easy task in making Pride and Prejudice march. An extravagant admirer of Jane Austen's quiet, domestic observations was Sir Walter Scott, who declared: "I can do the big bowwow myself: but the exquisite touch ... is denied to me." Most 20th Century playgoers lean toward the big bowwow. Accordingly, they might reasonably be expected to yawn at characters whose menfolk's tights and neckwear make them...
...observed that the average doctor frequently faces the problem, that when it is a matter between him and his patient he may generally decide it in his own way without interference. The Rockefeller Institute's famed Nobel Prizeman Alexis Carrel declared that sentimental prejudice should not obstruct the quiet and painless disposition of incurables, criminals, hopeless lunatics...
...Mountain to much when Burton starts to Burton his lip, and Mitchener's Mob from the Blackwoods will fall rapidly. Sage is goddam tired of this punny business. How he wishes he were back in his own China again, flinging Huey to his little friends in peace and quiet. Thank God only one victory to predict after this one. Today will be Harvard 35, New Hampshire 0, and Notre Dame 20, Army...
...Farmer Takes a Wife" is pleasantly quiet. It is essentially an idyllic love story concerning Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonds, but the triteness of plot is relieved by the varied minor characters and by its background, the Erie Canal in Pre-Civil War days. The conflict between railway and canal, the lure of western emigration, and the farmer's love of the land are all presented calmly but with force...