Word: smiles
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...drew a memorable picture entitled "The Mysterious Powerless Phenomenon" in which Governor Roosevelt, hugging Miss 1932, sped by the Party Powers in an old buggy with empty shafts. Because his work is widely syndicated, Cartoonist Darling considers it his prime duty to jest on all subjects, to produce a smile before delivering a partisan thrust...
...Alexandra Carlisle) who goes about praising her ancestors and trying to hide evidence; her amiable son (Emlyn Williams), her frightened niece (Katherine Wilson); two plug-ugly footmen, one romantic, one comic and one effective police officer. Less vigilant spectators will be in anxious seats until Actor Williams begins to smile late in Act III. The cast of this loosely pasted thriller snoop, scream, poke their hands through false panels in professional manner. Actor Williams is particularly shrewd with his part. So is Actress Carlisle, who still commands the forensic gift with which she seconded the vice-presidential nomination of Calvin...
...company's moves to obtain bank loans as fraudulent, it was too much. In his wide-eyed old Fierce-Arrow touring car (1923 model) he hurried down to court. Wear- ing a worn suit and shapeless shoes, spry old Robert Long told his tale with a grim smile. For leading his organization into Northwest timber he showed no regret...
...Adler is grey but dynamic. When he lectures he strides to & fro on the platform, wrinkles his nose so vigorously his eyeglasses quiver. He talks English with an Austrian accent. There is something infantile about his features, something fugitively masked by his glittering eyes and sardonic smile...
Nobody can say that quiet Samuel Insull of the froglike smile and secret methods was not generous. With millions at his control he was not apt to forget a past favor, or a possible future one. For some time Chicago tongues have wagged concerning the existence of an "Insull Christmas List," said to contain 1,600 names. Last week this list was not published, but a "syndicate list" of Insull Utility Investments was. It showed 205 favored persons and firms who had been allowed to buy 250,000 shares of the company's stock at $12 a share just...