Word: wigged
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...leaving without kicking back the trapeze, plunges over her and catches his brother's hands at the dizzy instant of pause before the backswing. Painter Curry liked second best the wise-eyed Riding Clown (Orrin Davenport) waiting for his turn in the ring in orange derby, tie and wig, his red putty nose outlined against a blue night sky. Critics last week admired Curry's feat (as difficult as the Passing Leap) of getting the circus' gaudy, pastel colors in oils. Circus action gave play to his potent, compact drawing, his flair for packing...
...Then he went upsteps to a dingy dressing-room, locked the door, took pictures of his long-dead father and mother from the little black bag and sat them down before a mirror. Slowly he smeared his face with yellow paint, donned a snakey-cued China-man's wig. For that last afternoon he had chosen to sing in Franco Leoni's L'Oracolo, a one-act opera, second rate to be sure, but one which only he had sung at the Metropolitan, one which exhibited his talent for acting and made no strenuous demands...
...Boheme was given first. Scotti paced the floor, adjusted his wig, peered closely into the mirror. The makeup concealed the signs of his 67 years, the pouches under his eyes, the two deeply chiseled lines which, under the paint, linked his beaklike nose with the corners of his tired mouth...
...minute has not been resorted to. On the credit side of the ledger, sure to please not only cousins, sisters and aunts but impartial spectators as well, is the performance of the valet. Jose V. Ferrer, Class of 1933. When this jolly young man puts on a woolly yellow wig in Act II he is the image of Harpo Marx. "I'm All Wrapped Up In You" has the nicest lyric of 14 songs. Triangle itinerary: Buffalo, Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Nashville, Louisville, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore. Washington...
...Government. , -." Lord Chancellor Sankey, in full robe and wig, advanced to the throne and on slightly bended knee presented to George V the King's Speech, written every year by the Cabinet...