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Word: simperings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...males and it needs must be said that it succeeds in this if in nothing else. The picture has already been reviewed but for those latecomers who missed it, let it be said that it has Jimmy Cagney's stacatto, Joan Blondell's blondness and Ruby Keeler's senseless simper. The plot means nothing. You can see the show and understand it if you drop in while waiting for the subway. If you like spectacles, extravagance in settings and the aforementioned galaxy of stars, there should be no complaint with "Footlight Parade...

Author: By O. F. I., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 11/3/1933 | See Source »

Charles Farrel and Janet Gaynor, the smile and simper team, have been recalled from a temporary limbo in order to be featured at the University in "The Man Who Came Back." Of course he had to go before he could return, so his rich, proud father had him shanghaied to Shanghai because he couldn't keep night clubs, blondes, and the bottle out of little Stevie's reach. Once there Stevie took a look at all that that quaint city had to offer in the way of gestures, and finally met up with his lost love who was occupying...

Author: By B. O.c., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/13/1931 | See Source »

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