Word: celluloids
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...radio stars have been unable to resist the appeal of movie contracts, and Kate Smith, biggest of them all, has proved no exception. In appearing in "The Big Broadcast" and now in "Hello Everybody," she has proved the superiority of the other ever the celluloid as a medium of communication between a two hundred pound woman and the great American public...
Loudest Monarchist cheers greeted Count Eulenberg, leader of East Prussia's "Steel Helmets" (War Veterans). "The German Republic," said Count Eulenberg, "is like an African Negro who struts about in a high silk hat, celluloid cuffs and with a red parasol-thinking he's a civilized gentleman! . . . [Guffaws] There is no better capital investment, my friends, than a bright and shining sword [cheers]. . . . Bread comes through the sword...
...goods, ship to the U. S., pay a stiff tariff and still undersell the products of U. S. industry. Czechoslovakia, he cited, can lay down rubber boots in the U. S. at $1.16 a pair. They cannot be duplicated by the U. S. for less than $1.48. Japan sells celluloid combat $11.06 a gross against the best U. S. price of $25.86. Certain grades of European steel are so cheap that even if all labor cost was eliminated, U. S. steel mills could not compete, etc., etc., etc. The results, said Mr. Blythe, are closed factories and unemployment. Furthermore...
...ardently in favor of Christmas. Tokyo's great Shirokiya's stores-rebuilt in glass and concrete after the earthquake of 1923-held a special Christmas sale last week. Colored lights hung from the balconies. On the third floor there was a huge Christmas tree, loaded with celluloid ornaments. Price tags on every table called attention to Shirokiya's bargain day-the managers are proud of the fact that they were the first store in Japan to adopt the one price system, now employ 1,300 people. There was a short-circuit in the Christmas tree. Flames crackled...
...movie is saved from being a complete waste of celluloid it is by the star and her director. No one who remembers the "Merry Widow" can quite forgive Von sternberg his recent perpetrations, but "use doth breed a habit in a man" and the director has not been able to discard his former habits of originality and his finesse, even though sloppy work is now the mode for Hollywood. He knows very well how to make a good shot, how to make five extra and Marlene Dietrich Paddling about in a property pound look like six syivan nymphs...