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...months he stayed in that condition. Then his sight returned and he began to improve. But, to his shame as a good Haitian, he was entirely white, not the sallow white of the albino, nor the blotched white of the syphilitic, but the white of the true Caucasian. His hair remained kinky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Ouarization | 7/3/1933 | See Source »

...mismanagement but it works out surprisingly well. Helen Hayes has to struggle a little with her role as Lien Wha but she manages to give it pathos and simplicity. Tom Lee is Ramon Novarro with his sideburns shaved off far above his ears. The rest of a strikingly Caucasian cast plays in the tradition for oriental melodrama-keeping the right hand in the left coat sleeve and saying little. Warner Oland as the Chinese gambler seems most at home in his surroundings. He gives out a few aphorisms left over from his performances as Charlie Chan and wears his hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 9, 1933 | 1/9/1933 | See Source »

...Beatrice Webb knew it or not, the Soviet Powder, Perfume, Rouge & Lipstick Trust is managed by the young, pretty, blonde wife of Premier Molotov (TIME, June 13), close friend of young, brunette Mme Stalin. For good measure tart Beatrice Webb added: "Some of the young women I saw at Caucasian seaside resorts were dressed far too smartly." Shrewd Sidney Webb kept mum. The Soviet censor passed Beatrice Webb's blurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Caviar to the Webbs | 7/18/1932 | See Source »

Many a squeamish U. S. citizen believes that a Chinese can live on what an Occidental throws away, suspects that Chinese business establishments ? notably chop suey restaurants and laundries?are unsanitary. Caucasian aversion to Chinese hygiene entered a business quarrel which reached New York City's courts fortnight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RACES: Wah v. Rudikoff | 1/11/1932 | See Source »

...does her best with the meagre opportunities Through The Night offer her. More impressive vehicles in which she has appeared include: Beyond The Horizon, Back Pay, A Good Bad Woman. Hot Rhythm. Producers of Negro reviews almost always make the mistake of trying to ape the elegance of contemporary Caucasian extravaganzas, as though afraid that just dancing and crooning- at which blackamoors often excel whites- are not sufficient for an evening's entertainment. For this reason, the comedy of Hot Rhythm is often unfunny, the attempt at magnificence unimpressive. Best, most natural humor in the show is offered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Theatre: Sep. 1, 1930 | 9/1/1930 | See Source »

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