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...nurseries. In the U. S. it has gained new favor in the last year. Its vogue came mysteriously, quickly: boards, once relatively easy to get, came to be in such demand that toy and sporting goods stores could hardly supply them fast enough. Because interruptions do not spoil it and because of its speculative possibilities, club-car members took it up; fellow-members mocked at first, then also learned. Now, as club-cars rattle home in the 'fagend of early summer afternoons, the dice click on the board with the raised sides, the draughtsmen move from point to point...
...even hint at the plot would spoil this review for then you would know it all. It is sufficient to say that it concerns marital troubles and that the producers have added enough novelties of plot to keep the audience in suspense...
...Robinson was forced to abandon this line due to his ignorance of Mr. Daniels' career, spectators whooped with derision. Senator Caraway, chairman of the committee and as Dry a Democrat as Mr. Daniels, remarked: "Don't laugh, good people. This is Senator Robinson's show and please don't spoil...
...cannot, however, be said to spoil this act, for the playwright has already done so?the husband's quick about-face to his wife when she has but mentioned her new philosophy of love is anything but the strong solution which you expect from a playwright who charges his characters and their destinies with conviction. Playwright Stewart plays a small part himself, merely by the process of speaking a little louder than usual. This is nicely informal, but, in combination with Hope Williams' amateurism, it makes little progress toward the high comedy of which he seems potentially capable...
...love story built around the man Miss Crawford meets on the boat coming north. Except for a song in The Hollywood Revue, it is the first time her voice has been photographed. She sings with a deep, throaty twang; even her mutterings as Bingo, the jungle girl, do not spoil the effect of her natural vivacity and physical outlines. Silliest shot: fistfight between Bingo's sweetheart and another suitor in a ballroom during a fashionable party...