Word: thinner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...genius that struck off those advertisements which some called vulgar, others "priceless," such as- Hark! the herald angels sing Beecham's pills are just the thing. Peace on earth and mercy mild, Two for a man and one for a child -passed to the son as a thinner, hotter flame...
...pursefuls. "More like some prince than our son," said the mother in despair; but the father had not even objected when Jack rode off to war, preposterously martial, on a gelded roan. Early in the campaign Jack got a fever; he came home before the rest, yellow and thinner, with huge eyes. He could not sleep well now; Pietro Bernardone would hear him tossing on his bed (he lay on the top floor) and sometimes crying aloud, in a voice harsh with dream. Yes, Pietro Bernardone had been worried about his son. But now he was angry...
...with modest humility that I say this, it was among you that I became great. All that I am, and I need not tell you all that I am, I owe in part at least to you, my friends through thick and thin, and the thinner the thicker...
...picture as a whole has, all Arlen aside, very little to commend it. The story is rather thin and the direction has watered it sufficiently to make it even thinner. It is an attempt to bring whimsy into the moving pictures. And Barrie alone can do that. Robert Cain, who acts the part of half villain, half friend of the family, or to be exact the hero's "battle field chum", does so with no apparent knowledge of the histrionic art. Frances Grant, the Mammy who tours around with Miss Mackaill as Miss Mackaill seeks her revenge...
...essential to her success on the screen. Miss Wilson has always had, despite her at times cloying sweetness, remarkable personality, and the same kind of reticence that makes you feel noble when Lila Lee gazes upon you from the dark confines of the theatre. Furthermore, "ain't she thinner", as the ladies behind us remarked...