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Word: bellboy (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...them little known, are concerned. Dwight Frye, you may recall; he is the husband. Good as his performance is it is no better than the rest. Viewed from every angle-except possibly that of popularity - the production is one of the autumn's best. Appearances. A Negro bellboy in a California hotel wrote this play and labored for two years to have it produced. It deals with the white-Negro problem and is at times penetrating and moving. For a Negro bellboy it is a brilliant achievement. For a professional playwright it would have been considered crude and relatively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Oct. 26, 1925 | 10/26/1925 | See Source »

...have a new Capitol -a summer-resort Capitol high up in the mountains, on the edge of a lake with good fishing, canoeing, hot and cold water, bellboy service. To design it, 85 youths were commissioned. They made preliminary sketches. Of these, five were chosen. They made complete plans. Last week the five waited on a fire-escape in Manhattan while inside a group of judges, headed by patrician Whitney Warren, famed architect, sat to find out which was the best. One Percival Goodman, 21, was presently informed that he had designed the pleasantest home for tire filibusterers, won thereby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Hill Faun | 7/27/1925 | See Source »

...have a new Capitol -a summer-resort Capitol high up in the mountains, on the edge of a lake with good fishing, canoeing, hot and cold water, bellboy service. To design it, 85 youths were commissioned. They made preliminary sketches. Of these, five were chosen. They made complete plans. Last week the five waited on a fire-escape in Manhattan while inside a group of judges, headed by patrician Whitney Warren, famed architect, sat to find out which was the best. One Percival Goodman, 21, was presently informed that he had designed the pleasantest home for tire filibusterers, won thereby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arts: Beaux Arts Prize | 7/27/1925 | See Source »

Charles F. Murphy, Tammany chieftain: " It is well known that William R. Hearst bitterly opposed me in the recent municipal election in New York City. Last week, at French Lick Springs, Ind., the New York City morning newspapers were brought to my room by a bellboy. The New York American was on top of the pile. When I saw that publication my face became so grim that the bellboy was frightened. ' Any missing ? ' he asked, apologetically. ' No,' said I. ' There is one too many.' With that I handed the American to the astonished...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Nov. 26, 1923 | 11/26/1923 | See Source »

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