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...Infernal villain ; insane ; insolvent ; insulting to ladies; ironical praise (such as to call an attorney "an honest lawyer" when the opposite is implied) ; itchy old toad ; liar ; mere man of straw ; obituary of a living person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Glossary | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

Packing a jury ; pseudo scientist ; rascal ; rogue ; scoundrel ; slacker ; suicide fiend ; syphilis ; thief ; tool of profiteers ; unfit to be trusted with money ; and villain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Glossary | 5/17/1926 | See Source »

...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, is a bit stifling after the first broad grin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/12/1926 | See Source »

...that inhabit such a hostelry. Into its midst comes a tawdry and mysterious pair (male and female) from Paris. In the current newspapers are stories of a horrible bluebeard who has murdered some two score wives. The gossip group of the boarding house identify their bearded visitor with the villain. He turns out to be simply a cheap crook on his way to his girl's sanctuary in her native...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: May 10, 1926 | 5/10/1926 | See Source »

...former Ivy Orater, and j. O. Whelon '27, have contributed many of the lyrics: one of the members of George Washington's staff is C. D. Coady '27, captain-elect of the football team: S. F. Daley '27, star guard on the football team for two years, is the villain; and C. S. Gross '27, one of the forwards on the hockey team, is the ingenue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AUTHORS OF "1776" ACKNOWLEDGE DEBT TO "BARNUM, THE BIBLE, AND PROFESSOR ALBERT BUSHNELL HART, IN THE ORDER NAMED" | 4/10/1926 | See Source »

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