Word: authorities
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Born. To Mrs. & Rev. Tertius van Dyke, son of Rev. Dr. Henry van Dyke (famed author, onetime Princeton professor, onetime U. S. Minister to the Netherlands and Luxemburg); a son, at Washington, Conn...
Married. Robert Keith, actor, author of The Tightwad (TIME, April 25); to Peg Entwistle, ingenue actress; at Port Chester, N. Y., after a four-day courtship...
Married. Julian ("Pete") Street Jr., son of famed Author Julian Street; to Narcissa Vanderlip, daughter of Frank Arthur Vanderlip, onetime (1909-19) president of the National City Bank (N. Y.); in Manhattan...
...Comic. It is entirely fitting that a playwright dramatize himself occasionally, especially if he does so with a grin. Lajos Luria, author of The Comic, prefaced this work as follows: "Lajos Luria is the pseudonym of one of Europe's most successful present day dramatists, used by him only when writing comedies and plays of a much lighter vein than his more serious dramatic and poetic works...
...must have been antique when he reached the sidewalk. Thus, only sorrow dogs the successful manipulator. As for the unsuccessful, their troubles are indicated by frequent mention of "bucket shops." The play itself suffers from diffusion and repetition, though, like the stock market, it has its moments. The author, one James N. Rosenberg, is a bankruptcy lawyer...