Word: widowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...comes the crude old man, Nick Van Alstyne, portrayed by Thomas Shearer, who, though a bit forced in the first act, becomes much more convincing and amusing as the play goes on-especially in his practicing how to appear and comport himself correctly in the presence of the snappy widow. The widow Olga Birbeck carries off the honors among the women-folk, particularly in the last two acts...
...those afflicted with midyearitis, we can suggest something much better than the Widow's--Jeanne Eagels' in "Her Cardboard Lover," now playing at at the Plymouth Theatre. We, for one, found it the most delightful comedy of the season. It has all that a regulation French comedy should have--except dullness. The strange behavior of a Pekinese dog, and the appearance of the conscientious secretary in a suit of sunset pajamas provided just that touch of nature that makes the whole world...
Married. Mrs. Margaret Shaw Billings, widow of Albert M. Billings, son of Cornelius K. G. Billings of Manhattan and Santa Barbara, to Robert de Vecchi, California fruitman; in Manhattan...
...Cable. Meanwhile Chiang Kai-shek was in difficulties at Shanghai, last week, with his sister-in-law, Madame Sun Yat-sen?although she was in Moscow. This dainty but great lady is the widow of Dr. Sun Yat-sen (1867-1925), who founded the original "Nationalist Government...
...ornate ensembles in which she is dressed, and the characterless puppets who support her. On the screen she had as distinct an individuality as Theda Bara ever had, but on the Metropolitan stage she was unable to glitter as in "Fascination" or "Peacock Alley". The romance of the Merry Widow waltz left the "Publix" patrons cold, whereas less black velvet and fluffy chiffon and more red hot syncopation a la her Ziegfield "Follies" days would have attracted the thunderous applause with which the "Publix" audience greets atrocious slapstick. Miss Murray must be admired, most of all, because she refused...