Word: talents
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Indeed, does there not lie here the solution to the puzzle? For is there a subject so abstruse that it may not be made more attractive to even the most uninspired by means such as these? For example, could not a minstrel of talent be employed to enliven the teaching of history by representing the famous characters of the past...
...program is Miss Juliet with her repertory of impersonations. Harry Lauder, Ed Wynne, Ethel Barrymore, Lenora Ulrich, and a host of others, received the applause they well merited. Nor should one overlook Miss Juliet's clever little song "Soup"--one of her best performances. Indeed, with such talent on the program as the above mentioned groups, one cannot help feeling that the management has, with some of the acts, resorted to needless "padding" to the detriment of the show as a whole...
...introduce the new musical standards. His reward has come in seeing Wagner and Franck justified, France raised to a high place in the musical world, and himself made leader of one of her two greatest musical institutions. With Saint-Saens, his senior, he has built up around him the talent of younger France into a vital group of composers, leading the way for other nations. It is with pride and honor that we welcome him to the University today...
...light banter act, and Ivan Bankoff the dancing. Paul Decker in the sketch "I Heard--!", managed to "get across" very well. Any presentation dealing with gossip is sure to interest a certain large portion of the audience, at least. Madelon and Paula Miller gave a good exhibition of youthful talent. They are better-looking than might be expected, and sing and dance well. The impersonation act was in the hands of Miss Venita Gould, who did fairly well as Lenore Ulric and several others...
These entertainers then united their ability; and, in the "Chuckles of 1921", the audience was treated to a musical comedy that proved to be of exceptional quality. It was well-staged and well-organized; it vibrated with humor and song; while its chorus had both beauty and talent; in fact, it is one of the best trained choruses we have seen in Boston this year. In a word, Jean Bedini in presenting Clark and McCullough in the "Chuckles of 1921" has given to the vaudeville-going lover two men known for their ready wit and clever singing...