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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Stripped is a romance, including an imaginary kingdom and its Prince, stalwartly interpreted by Lionel Atwill. In the search for the stolen crown jewels it seems for a while that a woman suspect may be forcibly denuded, but those who anticipate this violence will be disappointed.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 4, 1929 | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Paramount). When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was writing the stories that became the basis of modern detective fiction, he clearly attached no importance to frightening people and wasted no time on realism. What kept him writing was his naive pleasure in being mysterious. Director Basil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Nov. 4, 1929 | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

Like many a young woman now earning a good living in the show business, Lenore Ulric never had much luck until she went to work for David Belasco. Her father was a steward in an army hospital in Milwaukee. She was born in New Ulm, Minn. She ran away from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Nov. 4, 1929 | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

Enigmatic Pincus Rutenberg is an ex-Russian, an ex-soldier of the late Tsar Nicholas II, and the ex-Chief of Police of the Kerensky ex-Government of Russia. When he sought refuge in London, such statesmen as the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill praised him for having done his policeful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: Rescuer Pincus | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

Bruce (TIME, Oct. 21), and moved into an unpretentious Canberra hotel for his term of office.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUSTRALIA: In Steps Scullin | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

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