Word: rosalinde
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Lieutenant Bill Gordon (William Powell) is a master of enciphering and deciphering codes, conceals the fact from his superiors because he hankers for action at the front. He makes the mistake of telling this to Joel (Rosalind Russell), a girl whom he meets at a charity bazaar and who falls shamelessly in love with him. When she tells her uncle, the Assistant Secretary of War, about his talents, Gordon is ordered to a desk in the decoding room. Disgruntled but still as suave as ever, Gordon decodes intercepted German wirelesses which show a U. S. transport in danger, comes...
...actresses have benefited by Myrna Loy's salary strike last summer. Luise Rainer got Miss Loy's part in Escapade. That picture, in which William Powell starred, encouraged the studio to try the trick again in Rendezvous. Before that, Rosalind Russell, 28, had appeared in eight minor roles, impressed critics most favorably in Forsaking All Others...
...playing at the University, opens with a shot of Captain Clark Gable reeling home to his ship (the pride of the line) after a three day drunk in Hong Kong. Waiting for him on board are Jean Harlow, looking alluring as ever, Mr. Robert Benchley, drunk again, and Rosalind Russell, who has travelled fifteen thousand miles to reclaim her bibulous sea-captain...
...time the pirates reach her the Kin Lung is wallowing in a ferment of plots, counterplots, scandals and frustrations. Captain Gaskell has broken with China Doll to become engaged to Sybil (Rosalind Russell). China Doll, chagrined, has stolen his key to the ship's armory, given it to MacArdle. The owner of the line (C. Aubrey Smith) has delivered a short talk on the lure of the Orient. During the typhoon a lashed steamroller has rolled loose on deck, crushing coolies until, owing to the cowardice of his third officer (Lewis Stone), Captain Gaskell is forced to rechain...
...record that she detested U. S. playgoers because they seemed generally to prefer the melancholy Booth. She nonetheless toured the U. S. with great success and sometimes sent her greetings to its citizens. Portia was her greatest role; her admirers bewail the fact that she never played Rosalind for whom her sharp features, her grace and gaiety and the instinctive good taste of her acting would so well have fitted her. Her association with Irving-with whom she played from 1878 to 1902-terminated in a quarrel which was never completely explained. Soon after they parted company, Terry became...