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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hardly a day passes that without headlines quoting _ some personage on the necessity for men to save the world from ruin. Possibly it is this very call that is robbing the stage. " Men," in the heroic sense, usually look down on the actor. So widespread is this convention that men are not becoming actors. Accordingly, our stage lacks new, young blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: A Hero Shortage | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

James K. Hackett, actor: " Golfing at Fontainebleau, I completely missed a ball, spun around several times, fell heavily on my right side, and broke my arm in two places above the elbow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Aug. 6, 1923 | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

Married. James Kirkwood, 40, actor, recently divorced by his second wife, Mrs. Gertrude Kirkwood, to Miss Augusta Appel, 18, motion picture actress (screen name: "Lila Lee"), formerly known in vaudeville as "Cuddles Edwards," at Los Angeles. Mr. Kirkwood played the title role in The Fool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Aug. 6, 1923 | 8/6/1923 | See Source »

Died. Louis Calvert, 63, veteran English actor of Shakespearean and Shavian roles, producer, author of two widely known books on the art of acting, from a sudden heart attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 30, 1923 | 7/30/1923 | See Source »

Meanwhile she married Signor Checci, actor and journalist. To the couple was born one daughter, Manchette, who was brought up in a convent and forbidden forever to discuss the stage, even with her mother. Manchette married an Oxford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Duse | 7/30/1923 | See Source »

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