Word: beau
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Paramount Theatre, Manhattan, has been taking in an average of $75,000 weekly; is earning money at the rate of $1,000,000 a year. Less gorgeous are more than 550 other "Publix" theatres owned and controlled by the corporation, and earning profits. This year Beau Geste, Old Ironsides, Wedding March, Wings, Rough Riders and The Greatest Show on Earth, all Famous Players-Lasky productions, will tour the country as though they were plays on the legitimate stage, expecting to succeed as did The Covered Wagon, which as a "road show" earned $1,000,000 net. Because the Paramount trademark...
Consternation reigned in Reno. Paris and even Vera Cruz or Mexico City had charms outrivalling those of the Nevada beauty spot beloved of Mary Pickford. Tom Mix and others of the beau monde, who just love American home life--the more homes the better. Reno Rotarians felt that something had to be done...
...Beau Geste, The Better 'Ole, The Big Parade, Don Juan, The Fire Brigade, Old Ironsides, Metropolis, Stark Love, Tell It To The Marines, What Price Glory...
...value" continued Mr. Hays, "yet not be so 'high brow' that they are unliked and consequently unpatronized Progress has been made but much remains to be done. The film companies cannot serve a vegetarian diet to people who want raw beef. In one of the largest theatres in Washington, Beau Brummel starring John Barrymore, lost $36,000. The following week "Flaming Youth netted...
...Beau Geste, Better 'Ole, Big-Parade, Faust, Old Ironsides, Potemkin, Scarlet Letter...