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Word: roberti (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...girl has yet been seen. Fay Templeton, a turtle-like little old (67) lady, has sung one charming song with the pinched remains of a fine alto voice, and then died. Composer Jerome Kern has supplied half .a dozen excellent tunes. Appearing as a customer of Aunt Minnie, Lyda Roberti has got her usual comedy out of wriggling her stomach to show that she is a dangerous woman and waving her arms to show that she is a tomboy. Finally novelty appears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Play in Manhattan: Nov. 27, 1933 | 11/27/1933 | See Source »

...main fault with the movie is that the plot is burdened with a superfluity of juvenile acting, in most cases under tearful circumstances. Ricardo Cortez is perfectly cast as a good friend of the night club star, but David Manners and Lyda Roberti have been deprived of bettering the show due to the short time they appear on the screen...

Author: By G. V. G., | Title: AT THE UNIVERSITY | 11/14/1933 | See Source »

...Elizabeth, and her flance, Mary Boland takes the part of the stupid mother in the family who finds life simple and amusing. As usual Miss Boland makes the most of her part. Claudette Colbert, Richard Arlen, and Hardie Albright fill the major roles of minor importance satisfactorily; and Lyda Roberti, as Jenny, the cook, acts capably, just a bit too capably to be hidden in the kitchen most of the time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/23/1933 | See Source »

HARVARD JAYVEES TUFTS Carr, 2b. 2b., Leslie Kiernan, ss. lf., Galuska Lee, 3b. ss., Tyrance McGoodwin, 1b. cf., Woodworth McTigue, rf. rf., Roberti Scott, c. 1b., Katz Choate, cf. 3b., Baronian Fletcher, lf. c., Budilov Victor or Lanier, p. p., DeAngelo...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JAYVEE NINE MEETS TUFTS AS 1936 TRAVELS TO EXETER | 4/22/1933 | See Source »

Bland, competent Jewish Jack Pearl (German-American comic), works hard for laughs,leads around a small,bewildered dachshund, tumbles about the stage with Lyda Roberti. Like Funnyman Ed Wynn, Mr. Pearl will close his show one night a week for radio broadcasting. Meritorious are Carl Randall and Barbara Newberry who, while dancing in an easy, effortless manner, delight everybody by doing tricks with thimbles. Best tunes: "My Cousin in Milwaukee"; "Where...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jan. 30, 1933 | 1/30/1933 | See Source »

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