Word: toms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fall heir to one of Professor Bliss Perry's books for review. There is so much of the man in the book; so much kindliness, humanity, and that all too rare literary (or actual) quality, sincerity. Without the fanfare of stylistic trumpets, the beating of bombastic tom-toms, or the clash of epigrammatic cymbals, Professor Perry goes on his quiet, unassuming way, marching steadily and with dignity, and with a slight twinkle in his eye, to his goal...
...Lambeth. To the clinic at St. Thomas's where he studied, the poor of the district came seeking medical aid. Maugham found their souls more interesting than their bodily ills. He drew upon them for the characters of Liza, of Liza's mother, of Jim and Tom. The first book contained only a shadow of the future bitterness of Maugham's work. In Mrs. Craddock his sense of the mixture of tragedy and comedy is almost at its best-the same sort of thing which in its more precise form is seen in plays such...
...ensuing clash between the philosophies of the two women burns and penetrates. Logic in scarlet wins. Yet the overpowering charm of Ann Harding, the fiancee, forces her fallacies into discard and her hero, tarnished, returns. Tom Powers is the man and Fania Marinoff is the woman of the streets. While both are capable, their performances pale before the brilliancy and beauty of Miss Harding...
...Manager Kearns told of dickering tentatively with Promoter Coffroth for a Dempsey-somebody spectacle in Tia Juana, Mexico, about New Year's Day. " Somebody "will not be Harry Wills, said Kearns. But he might be Tom Gibbons...
Marriage Morals. This sorry effort might better have been named The Shop Girl's Choice. Mary (Ann Forrest), who works in a shop, meets wealthy Harry Ryan (Tom Moore) who falls instantly in love with her and marries her in almost no time at all. Harry has a private bar in his home and a tall skinny friend and a plethoric friend who help him put down his liquor. There is also a former lover of Mary who used to wait for her in the snow and slush outside the shop. In conclusion Mary decides that it is more...