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Word: showing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...show we are willing to do our part in the present crisis of unemployment, we offer to Mr. Hearst, through you, a room here at Franklin & Marshall College's oldest eating club...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 27, 1939 | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

...music is tuneful, if not outstanding, and the best songs are probably "That's the Girl For Me", "La Camarisita," a tango written and played by David S. Burt '40, and "A Fool Was I"; some of the best lyrics we have heard in any college show are those to "We Planned It That Way." Throughout the show, the choreography, though it sometimes descends to every man for himself, is amusing and particularly so in the finale to the First Act in which hirsute and be-gartered athletes disport themselves in the can-can; another outstanding number is a waltz...

Author: By V. F. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 3/25/1939 | See Source »

There is nothing sophisticated about "Give, Baby, Give", and the show never takes itself too seriously. The costumes and sets are bright, the actors seem to be enjoying themselves as much as the audience, and the result is an evening of robust entertainment...

Author: By V. F. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 3/25/1939 | See Source »

...tilt today will be only a seven inning affair, but most of this year's diamond aspirants will be given a chance to show their worth, because as yet the make-up of the traveling squad for the spring vacation trip is undetermined...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Floyd Stahl Sends Varsity Baseball Team into Action | 3/23/1939 | See Source »

...Parker's script has added just enough vinegar to make "Sweethearts" a fairly enjoyable picture. The more cynical element in American movie audiences will be astonished to find that with good direction, a good script and a good supporting cast, the MacDonald - Eddy team can put on a fine show. Of course there're the customary shots of Nelson Eddy in a soldier's uniform and Jeanette MacDonald's exotic larynx, but underneath it all is a subdued smirk. At last Hollywood is beginning to realize that the Great American Public can't live on molasses all the time, even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/23/1939 | See Source »

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