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Stage Struck. Gloria Swanson has hit on a primitive comedy, reminiscent of her early Mack Sennett days, that makes magnificent entertainment. She is a waitress; she aspires to the stage; she finally gets a job on a Mississippi show boat; is exceptionally inept; retires happily to a lunch-wagon for life. The unusual atmosphere, the frequent use of slapstick unabashed, and the brilliant ability of the star combine comfortably for genuine amusement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Nov. 30, 1925 | 11/30/1925 | See Source »

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED-Pauline Lord still showing how a waitress may marry an old farmer from loneliness and run into a lot of trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Nov. 9, 1925 | 11/9/1925 | See Source »

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED-Pauline Lord still giving the best performance in town as the scrubby San Francisco waitress who married by mail an old Italian vine-grower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Oct. 12, 1925 | 10/12/1925 | See Source »

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED-San Francisco and a waitress' life traded for sunshine and an aged farmer husband, with unfortunate complications on the wedding night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: The Best Plays: Sep. 7, 1925 | 9/7/1925 | See Source »

...part is that of a lunchroom waitress brought home to preside over the stormy table of a Minnesota farmer and his son. The farmer is harsh and dominant. The son is a trifle watery. He is also her husband. She spends her evening trying to distil him into a valid beverage with which to floor the father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Aug. 31, 1925 | 8/31/1925 | See Source »

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