Word: smarted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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FATA MORGANA? A cynically smart study of the city siren practicing on the country swain for one night only, leaving him with nothing but his blushes...
...also this season until the astounding performance of Gates against B. C., pitched a good game against the University last year, and he will be ready today for relief work. He may even be the choice as starting pitcher. Hanson, regular catcher for three years, is a smart backstop with a good reputation as a handler of pitchers...
...gets in motion. Her acute low comedy sense almost twists most of her lines into a laugh. Frank Mclntyre, aside from one genuinely funny song about Sing Sing, manages to carry a comedy role by sheer weight. The rest of the company are adequate. The settings and costumes are smart...
FATA MORGANA-Cynically smart study of the city siren practicing on the country swain for one night only, leaving him with nothing but his blushes...
Looking at the story as a unit, I can commend the author for daring to lot description hold his action back for so long at the beginning. All through the book the very graphic word picture of life in the Long Island smart set is drawn with fascinating dexterity and every situation is handled with unusual finesse. Mr. Towne's evident delight in character, delincation and even in ordinary description tend to minimize the importance of the conventional plot--the old eternal triangle, although when he changes his scene of action to France during the war, omitting...