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...country-squire Bennet, and one of three sisters, nearly pines to death over a lost love in a manner that highly smacks of "days of old and knights of yore. In marked contrast the modern girl would never permit so much as a frown to belie the sorrow and chagrin within her. Sister Elizabeth, as played by Muriel Kirkland, is a far more sensible and sophisticated young woman. She, together with her rattle-brained, match-designing mather and the bloated Lady Catherine de Bourgh, are perhaps the only female characters noticeably touched by the Renaissance of Women, characters whom...
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...envy and entertainment of many a citizen, to the embarrassment and chagrin of a few, the House Ways & Means Committee last week opened for public inspection two fat typewritten volumes containing the names of U. S. employes receiving salaries, commissions and bonuses totaling more than $15,000 in 1935. Not to be confused with the corporate salary schedules required by the Securities & Exchange Commission, this list was compiled from income tax returns. Highest-paid individual in the land that year was William Randolph Hearst, who drew $500,000 as head of Hearst Consolidated Publications Inc. A close second...
Walking through the tropical lowlands of Nicaragua is thirsty work, and during past elections Nicaraguans have been lured to the polls by the thought of the native rum, aguardiente, distributed by candidates. It was to the immense chagrin of voters, therefore, that Provisional President Carlos Brenes Jarquin, a doctor of medicine, decreed last week that during next month's Presidential election there will be no free liquor...
...Magnificent Brute (Universal) investigates the lighter side of life in the Pennsylvania steel towns. At his boardinghouse, Big Steve Andrews (Victor McLaglen) is idolized by Mrs. Finney, its proprietress, and her 10-year-old son. In the mill, he runs its most efficient furnace crew, to the chagrin of bragging Bill Morgan (William Hall). Their rivalry reaches its climax after Big Steve has stolen Bill's girl (Binnie Barnes), when Big Steve climbs into the ring with a professional wrestler imported by Bill. The wrestler throws Big Steve who, it appears, has lost $400 contributed by fellow workers...