Word: suitors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...horde of newsmen and their presence was enough to try the patience of any elderly suitor. O'Dwyer was miffed at the press anyway; only one out of the ten New York newspapers had supported the mayor in his campaign. Finally, he blew up and, wagging his pipe, roared: "There's absolutely nothing to the report I'll marry this weekend. It's all a dirty, contemptible carrying-on on the part of the press...
...beat him at his own game, she succeeds in developing oil wells by the dozen, and presently finds that her lust for vengeance has turned into a lust for money and power. Meanwhile, her emotional life develops a three-way split between her loyalty to a rich Indian suitor (Pedro Armendariz), her love for her young geologist partner (Robert Preston), and her new-found infatuation for Oilman Gough...
...timid suitor is held captive by his almost stepsons during Act II. At the end of the act a policeman finally comes in, and sweet, lovable Ma is forced to use some Judo on him which on of the sons has taught her. As the officer lies stunned on the floor, the second act curtain descends with Ma sighing, "A mother's work is never done...
...three sons and one of their criminal pals they bring home are some of the most loathesome characters I've encountered in a comedy. Their one redeeming feature is that they do seem to have affection for their mother. This hardly outweighs the rudeness with which they treat her suitor on-stage and the crimes they have committed off-stage. Even as criminals, they are not very interesting, and the "tough-guy with the one soft spot" angle has never amsued me. I think it may be that I have more concern for their mother than they do. I know...
Cabot has discovered what most local gentry already know. A suitor never looks a gift-horse in the mouth, a Radcliffe girl in the face, or a sock in the heel. Both knitting and digging develop the wrong muscles...