Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chatterley's Lover" and other of D. H. Lawrence's explorations into the libido, "Ecstasy" tells the story of a beautiful young girl in search of an outlet for her emotional cravings. In no sense obscene or pornographic, if treats this study with the frank and simple directness which seems to be anathema to a section of the American mind. Unlike certain of the contemporary dramatists who seem to find frankness synonymous with sordidness it tells its elemental tale with scenic beauty and dramatic vigor. For treatment of such a theme it is artistically essential to develop an intimacy with...
...year. Stroked by Chace, timer of last year's Freshman shell, the first eight shows a great increases of smoothness and power over that of Drury's crew at the same time last year. Chace has an air of confidence and although the boat checks badly, it does not seem likely to disintegrate at a high beat with him setting the pace...
Concentrators in the Field of Economics give the Department a clean bill of health. Faculty calibre is rated high and courses seem adequate except in one instance. This field can safely be called at its peak for the present, being respected by foreign economists as the leading one among United States Colleges...
...most girls, small-town or otherwise, young Dr. Dakin's boorish reaction to the news might well remove all glamour from the escapade and make a return to Carvel seem an irresistible alternative. Not so for Kay Brannan. With a stubborn sweetness that does credit to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's casting intuition, Kay Brannan goes about reforming her oafish Boston scion until, instead of divorcing her to marry the lecherous debutante (Binnie Barnes) who had been his fiancée, he is ready to sober up and settle down to work as a brain surgeon. Best shot...
...establish himself as a definite stage personality rather than a funny Broadway tap dancer. Called upon to impersonate a WPA music teacher who winds up as a master of ballet, his genuine charm and humor are instantly apparent. In fact, he and his teammate, pretty golden Doris Carson, seem to fit into that important theatrical niche vacated by the late Marilyn Miller & Jack Donahue...