Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...technical and literary genius of his work was certainly a militant force in the partial defeat of these ghosts but in so struggling against concepts in a transitory form rather than basic realities he placed his work upon a transitory basis. We can still appreciate his skill, but we cannot hail him as of an age with us, Ibsen is now more of an historic study than an experience in the living theatre...
...immediate issue it must be noted that Madame Nazimova plays with an intensity and gravity which compel sympathy and which make the drama as vivid to us as could possibly be expected. In the difficult role of young Alving, her son, Harry Ellerbe, performs with deep sincerity and skill. One Munson is properly earthy and youthful in the part of Regina, the servant girl and McKay Morris as Pastor Manders and Raymond O'Brien as Jacob Engstrand both create vivid personalities...
...theme is a stimulating one, and handled with proper emphasis and directorial skill. One might wish to see the pacifist remain true to his ideals and declare once for all that, when it comes to war, the individual must assert himself even if it was contrary to the group. This is a vital problem, one of dramatic and almost necessarily tragic intensity, which "So Red the Rose" has introduced, but not fully developed...
Smith had a zest for driving and a skill for it, remarkable in a man over...
...Duke is said to be an even better driver than the Duke of Kent. At the Tidworth Tattoo, during an episode contrasting the modern motor bandit with Dick Turpin, the Duke drove the pursuing car. The thousands of spectators present cheered him wildly for his skill and speed, but not one of them guessed the identity of the driver...