Word: tone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...flaying a large and select gathering of public idols. In the very beginning he states quite definitely the basis for his critical idiosyncrasy. "To me, pleasure and my own personal happiness . . . only infrequently collaborating with that of others . . . are all that I deem worth a hoot." More in the tone of a personal philosophy rather than criticism he goes on to say that to have money in one's pockets, easily available gastronomic delicacies, and freedom of expression are all that one can reasonably expect from life. As a part of this life of ease he has busied himself with...
...play off its feet every time he made his appearance; all of which was a considerable help to a limping plot. The hero of the love element, fortunately not very important, was best characterized by a remark of a young lady in the audience who remarked in a loud tone as he first appeared on the screen, "Wait until she sees him!" The surprise could not have been over-whelmingly pleasant...
GREEN GROW THE LILACS-Franchot Tone of the Guild makes a surprisingly good cowboy...
...Anderson should have had a care to his language. It is the speech of the twentieth century, as a rule, save for the profanity which is bandied about with the true crudity of the period. This may be an unimportant factor, but it is all one with the general tone of the production...
...jaded palate of one who has seen too many of the American efforts. In directing their production, there has been no attempt made to have actresses with poor voices assail the higher ranges of the diatonic scale, as all the singing is done with a thought for beauty to tone and cadence. Abounding in music, which although not great, is yet of a high character, the directors have handled their sound effects with complete success. For one interested in the types of making, here is a movie that abounds in well-chosen characters of all kinds, their make-up cleverly...