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...home in Paris because she had, years ago, refused to marry her first lover, Governor of the State. She had refused to marry him, in spite of the unborn child, because she declined to be the slave of American convention. For was she not the daughter of Old John Shane, pioneer, who could "ride like hell" and in the same manner, fight and love...
...subtly and upon the third, it is founded. There is no person created by Mr. Bromfield that is not poignantly individual, and even peculiar. The more his characters assert themselves and the older they grow, the more they intensify themselves. You have never seen John, Julia, Lily or Irene Shane before, but you will not soon forget them. They are alluring because they are alive. For instance, the development of Irene, from an innocent, sensitive child to the inhuman old maid, is surely one of the devilish tricks of life...
...Rowland ? Harper ($1.90). 'Frank Clamart's visiting card should read, "Virtuous Assas-sinations?Singly or by the Dozens ?No Reduction Made for Quantity. " A master-criminal, reformed and now crusading against an international dope ring and murder syndicate, he extinguishes evildoers with nonchalance and celerity. His friend, Shane Emmet, a cartoonist with a camera-eye, assists his adventurous labor with blackjack, revolver and sketchbook, and strings along two high-speed love affairs the interim. When the plot is finally unsnarled, scoundrelly corpses fairly heap the floor, and Emmet, strangely enough, receives the white hand of the more bewitching...
GLOBE THEATRE. - "W. J. Scanian in "Shane-na-lawn...
GLOBE THEATRE. - "W. J. Scanlan in "Shane-na-lawn...