Word: tediousness
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...greater majority of those who were employed by the British Secret Service in the occupied territories of Belgium and France, and in Germany, worked directly under me as their immediate Chief in the Field." So says Captain Henry Landau in beginning a detailed but never tedious record of the British spy system operating from Holland. Though no braggart, the author is not given to false modesty, takes honest pride in the achievements of himself and the men and women who risked a firing squad under his orders...
...months union leaders have been reproaching the Administration for not "cracking down" on employers. If President Roosevelt really wanted to help organized labor, they said, he would not waste time with tedious court procedure but would invoke his drastic licensing power under NIRA. After last week's decision these same union leaders were able to say "I-told-you-so" to the President. A hearing for a permanent injunction against Weirton Steel with witnesses on the stand for both sides cannot now be obtained until the autumn term of the Wilmington court. Even then any decision will be appealed...
Upper World (Warner). Tedious in getting under way, this story of a rich man's troubles contrives a measure of suspense as soon as it introduces a double murder and a man hunt. A railroad tycoon (Warren William), neglected by his ambitious wife (Mary Astor), takes up with an honest little burlesque actress (Ginger Rogers). One night he calls on her just as her oldtime lover is attempting to force her to begin blackmail. Of the two shootings which follow, William performs one in obvious self-defense. After his quiet departure, the job looks like murder and suicide...
...efforts of a U. S. Secretary of Amusements (Warner Baxter) and his pretty assistant (Madge Evans) to improve the country's morale with government-supervised vaudeville acts. The picture aims to combine spontaneity and grandeur, succeeds in being an erratic and mildly entertaining musicomedy which makes the tedious mistake of harping on Depression...
...Shuberts spent a great deal of money on a Franz Lehar operetta, entitled "The Moon Rises," and succeeded in making it one of the most elaborately tedious shows of the year. With the expensive assistance of two comedians, two specialty dancers, one tall-dark-handsome-gypsy hero, one glamorous-from-Paris heroine, and a large chorus, they attempted to reproduce the atmosphere which has made so many of their past ventures successful. Unfortunately, the day of Mr. Franz Lehar seems to be over. Conventional tunes, unfunny lines, a complicated and ill-written plot combine to make "The Moon Rises" seem...