《The Waifs (Short 1915)》Storyline
...This is taking unsportsman-like conduct to a whole new level!" He reminded the badly-wounded Ajax (who felt no pain) of his identity by removing his face-mask to reveal his disfiguring facial scars ("Well, hello gorgeous...And how large are your ranches?" Mr.Lynnton was compelled to answer for the modest, unboasting Mr.Benedict: "Mr.Benedict""s Reata is one of the largest of them all." Karfrey exclaimed his amazement, and kept pressing for a specific figure: "Oh, really! Well, just how large is that?"Bick eventually revealed Reata""s exact size: "Oh, it""s, it""s one of the biggest."Kyle was already dining with other ladies in the restaurant, and asked to describe his close colleague Mitch:My sidekick.The play reworked the traditional love story material (of lovers that crossed racial/ethnic barriers) and translated it, in a radical, novel and revolutionary style for a musical, to include racial strife between rival New York street gangs (newly-arrived Puerto Ricans and second-generation Americans from white European immigrant families), juvenile delinquency and inner-city problems of the mid-twentieth century - in exhilarating musical and dance form.What""ll your review say?Second critic: I like it too.So, er, I guess I""ll pan it.First critic: Oh.(He laughs.) Well, that""s logical.Second critic: My publisher resents Cohan impersonating the president of the United States.Says our young readers dream of being president.First critic: ""I""d rather be right than be president..."" Cohan may find out he isn""t either one.The camera moves through the outer door and into the dressing room of George M.Cohan - he is being congratulated backstage by well-wishers and his wife Mary (17 year old Joan Leslie) just following his performance, but he is anxious about his impersonation of the president:Cohan: Well, that""s all very well, but we""re still reading on dangerous ground.