Search Details

Word: woolcott (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Monty Woolley, as a belabored and not too lovable commentator of the Woolcott school, has a meaty part and takes full advantage of his opportunity. In the process of the play, he manages to make himself a most unwelcome guest, and, in the words of his secretary, well played by Edith Atwater, he is an egomaniac of the first water...

Author: By V. F. Jr., | Title: The Playgoer | 9/26/1939 | See Source »

Weekly dinners are held for the Nieman fellows at which they meet leading newspaper men, faculty members, and students. Among the outstanding journalistic guests of this year are Walter Lippman, William Allen White, and Alexander Woolcott. President Conant, many professors and officers of the CRIMSON have attended these gatherings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NIEMAN AWARDS TO BE CONTINUED AGAIN NEXT YEAR | 12/19/1938 | See Source »

...lesson and the succeeding acts are given over to farce, so it is with the current production. It must be said in all frankness, however, that the opening act of the latter is atrocious. Although the make-up department has cleverly turned out a George Jean Nathan, an Alexander Woolcott, and an Orson Welles, these gentlemen's attempts at acting are deplorable, even when allowances are made for first-night stage-fright. Only the skill of John W. Sever '40, as Maxwell Anderson alias Mr. Puff, and the charm of Dorothe Larson of the Bishop Lec Dramatic School induce...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 12/16/1938 | See Source »

Among the famous journalists whom MacLeish has invited are: Walter Lippmann, Alexander Woolcott, Henry Robert Luce, Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace and William Allen White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poet MacLeish Pioneer Here In Journalism Survey Field | 10/14/1938 | See Source »

...frigid as the role of the communist demands. Claudia Morgan is attractive and uneasy, and whether the uneasiness is in the actress or the character, it all contributes to the proper dramatic effect. A prominent background stands behind the picture of these fighters in the form of Alexander Woolcott, who as a cynical marriage broker contributes to the play what humor it has. Since the ill-fated girl is one of his proteges, she relapses at the end into the tutelage of this good-natured sophisticate...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/9/1938 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Next