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What story there is to this slim, slight comedy concerns an impoverished French gentleman, a refugee from the Revolution, named Paul (Pierre Fresnay). Turning adventurer, he picks up a virginal chanteuse, takes her across the Channel to Brighton. It is 1811; Brummell struts at Bath; in & out of prim Adam houses parades the world of fashion; Guardsmen wear tight breeches; George IV is Regent. Paul's plan is to marry off his Melanie (small, saucy Yvonne Printemps) to a highborn tripper, thereby assuring himself a pension. The Regent himself asks Melanie to a souper à deux. The choleric Earl...
Robert B. Lichtenstein '35, of Brighton, Mass., Philip E. Lilienthal '36, of New York, N. Y., William F. Loomis '36, of Tuxedo, N. Y., Oscar M. Lurie '35, of Amsterdam, N. Y., Joshua McClennen '35, of Cambridge, Mass., Francis N. Magliozzi '36, of Somerville, Mass., Benjamin M. Mark '35, of Old Forge, Pa., Edward Meilman '36, of Roxbury, Mass., Daniel W. Meyer '36, of Scarsdale, N. Y., Nathan Moger '35, of Roxbury, Mass...
Twenty-two years old, 6 ft., 4 in. tall, Schoolboy Rowe's achievement climaxed a season in which he had already distinguished himself by winning 16 consecutive games. At New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y., James Mutrie, one of the organizers of major-league baseball in New York, was so impressed by Rowe's size and prowess that he told reporters how he had come to nickname the New York team "Giants" in 1888: "All the players were tall that year. One day I looked out on the field and shouted: 'You're giants in size and you're giants...
...Durant, is given the duty of administrating the following activities which formerly came under the supervision of the Assistant Comptroller: Caretaking (Janitors and Goodies). Dining Halls, Engineering Department (Heat, Light and Power), Harvard Bindery, Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds, New Construction and Alterations, Purchasing, Real Estate in Cambridge and Brighton, Service Bureau, Telephone Service, Watchmen and Police...
...wife's lawyer get the evidence, sue him. (If both John and Mary commit adultery, English law would punish them by never giving either a divorce.) Gritting his teeth, John goes through with it, finding an agency where he can hire a professional corespondent, taking her to a Brighton hotel for a weekend. Everything goes according to legal schedule. But unfortunately for John and Mary, their case comes up before the president of the Probate, Divorce & Admiralty Division ("Wills, Wives and Wrecks") who has a keen nose for collusion. He dismisses the petition. Stout-hearted John, under advice from...