Word: artistes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From the shop of Benveuto Cellini, 16th century Italian artist, there is shown the world-famous "Mermaid" pendant in gold, with baroque pearls, rubies, and enamel, made by Cellini for the Medici family and now in the possession of Lord Duveen...
...object of historic importance is a crucifix of agate, gold, and enamel, attributed to the 16th century Italian artist Jacope da Trezzo, and believed to have been given to the famous king Philip II of Spain by his father, Emperor Charles...
First to sympathize with the death of strip-tease in New York was the ravishing Ann Corio, famous Old Howard artist, who claimed that burlesque had been "getting along nicely as long as Mr. Minsky kept his nose...
...enthusiast of golf, tennis, and swimming the strip artist likes to pretend that University students are responsible for her success in Boston. "I like to read and knit, too", she said,"--awfully old fashioned...
Thunder in the City (Columbia) is the meaningless title of a story about a U. S. ballyhoo artist who turns England topsyturvy promoting a new metal named magnalite. Gash-mouthed Edward G. Robinson plays the role in his customary Napoleonic manner. As genial Dan Armstrong, he lands penniless in London, bluffs his way into an option on the magnalite mines, installs a duke as board chairman, sends fleets of blimps over London carrying magnalite signs, soon sells all his stock to enthusiastic herds of subway riders. At this point another capitalist gets his hands on the only process that makes...