Word: wistfullness
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Leading lady is witty, torch-singing Ethel Merman, whose face is as plump as her voice is sharp. Anything Goes further boasts the services of debonair William Gaxton and wistful Victor Moore, respectively President Wintergreen and Vice President Throttlebottom of Of Thee I Sing. Funny as Victor Moore was as...
The parallel really lay between the Edwards case and that of Chester E. Gillette; of Cortland, N. Y. which Author Dreiser had drably copied into his book, even to giving his hero the same initials?Clyde Griffith. It was 28 years ago that Chester Gillette, raised in a sternly religious...
The wistful tones of a highly pitched voice drifted lightly through the autumnal silence of the night. A solitary figure patrolling with all the apathy of an Apted aide-de-camp in the shade of the Kirkland House quadrangle stopped suddenly alert to the alien tones that at this hour...
The town Gossip goes around hoping to be the first to get the lowdown on the newcomers. The Author reflects on his new status as householder and taxpayer, wistful over old dreams of adventure, contented in his new respectability. He has a colloquy with the postman. Seeing a school of...
Conard Nagel, one of the old faithful hams, completely outdoes himself in a very tender and emotionally sincere portrayal of the country squire, while Violet Heming, his leading lady, makes an effective if rather too studied fell for his own wistful flightiness. With the addition of some fine character acting...