Word: ace
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...cost of maintaining chains of theatres. It is harder to reduce invest ments in chains of theatres and the costs of running them than to reduce the costs of making pictures to fill them. Producers last year tried to make pictures for $200,000 each. Except Scarf ace, completed early in the year, there were almost none which cost more than $300,000; none, like Trader Horn, which cost $1,000,000 or more. All producers cut office salaries; most producers tried to cut the salaries of employes under contract. George Arliss and Richard Barthelmess reduced their own salaries. James...
...Defense (Columbia); Five Star Final and The Man Who Played God (First National, Warner); Bad Girl and Delicious (Fox); Tarzan and Grand Hotel (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer); Shanghai Express, and The Smiling Lieutenant (Paramount); The Lost Squadron and Common Law (RKO) ; Frankenstein and Spirit of Notre Dame (Universal). Scarf ace (United Artists) cost most ($800,000) to make...
...Maschke, Cleveland boss; and Fred Clark of the Crusaders. His wife Louise was a Harkness, his mother a niece of President Taft. His father is with the New York Central R. R. which draws toward him thousands of conservative Labor votes. He was the Navy's only War ace. His smile is engaging, his manner like his nature, open and unaffected...
...late Realtor & Mrs. Archibald D. Russell of New York ($500,000 for the apse); the late Minister to Austria-Hungary John A. Kasson of Washington ($554,300 for general maintenance); Mr. & Mrs. Frederick H. Prince of Boston ($215,000 for a chapel in memory of their son Norman, War ace). The small, lovely Children's Chapel was given by Roland L. Taylor of Philadelphia and his wife. Only Coventry (England) has a similar chapel reserved for children. The late Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst, mother of Publisher William Randolph Hearst, gave $201,000 to establish the National Cathedral School for Girls...
After allowing his opponents a three-run lead in the first inning, Devens, heralded Crimson ace, huried masterful ball for the remaining eight frames, while his teammates came from behind in two rallies to win over a hard-fighting Pennsylvania nine by a 5 to 3 score on Saturday afternoon. Despite the wet condition of Soldiers Field and the occasional showers, Devens managed to retire ten Pennsylvanians with case and settled with Powhida for his defeat in an unlucky pitcher's duel in Harvard's first game of the season...