Word: bruce
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first impression of many a newsreader last week was that poor little Shirley Temple was fried to a crisp; that Madeleine Carroll was dead-not by the bullet of a rival spy, but by incineration; that nothing was left of Leo Carrillo but his accent; that Alice Brady, Virginia Bruce, Miriam Hopkins, Richard Dix. June Lang and Oliver Hardy were not much better than ingredients in a huge Thanksgiving Barbecue. In the press, pictures of these notables were accompanied by such headlines as FOREST FIRES RAZE FILM COLONY HOMES, and FLAMES WRECK HOMES OF STARS; TOWNS IN PERIL...
...saved for such a special occasion. It made a terrific noise, exciting the other three and driving the creature out of his haunt towards a bedroom. At once there was mass armament--pokers, squash racquets, and hammers were grabbed; one roommate, who went by the name of Bruce, rolled his trousers for protection. After a hasty tactical conference they attacked the bedroom, closing the door afterwards so their would be no egress. Three dropped to their kness; the fourth ascended a chair to observe. Desk, bookcase, rug, mattress were examined. No prey...
...Judges of the $250,000 Movie Quiz Contest, announced last week: New York's Representative Bruce Barton, Boy Scout Leader James E. West, Tennist Helen Wills Moody, Author Hendrik Willem van Loon, Mrs. Ogden Reid, vice president of the New York Herald Tribune...
Charles A. Meyer '39, Chairman, William W. Myrick '39, Secretary-Treasurer, Joseph R. Coolidge '38, Bruce Foster '39, Vinton Freedley, Jr., '40, William H. Glazier '39, Perry Keats '39, Benjamin B. Kirkland '39, John T. McCutcheon, Jr., '39, Augustus W. Soule, Jr. '40, Terry D. Thompson '40, David W. Prall, associate professor of Philosophy, Charles J. Olson assistant in English...
...likeable though her voice is a bit thin compared to the others; supreme in looks and in singing is Muriel Angelus, as Adriana. Too much cannot be said in her praise, for her appearance is a delight to the eyes and her voice a treat to the ears. Betty Bruce, however, as the Courtezan, runs Miss Angelus a close second; her dancing gives a life to the show whenever she performs, and she has a demoniacal expression and movement which, to say the least, is disconcerting...