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Word: cinemactresses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been renewed. Warner Bros, had their profits from his activities on the screen enhanced by Barrymore's discovery of Marian Marsh. He chose her on the strength of an appearance which slightly resembles that of Mrs. John Barrymore (Dolores Costello) to play the lead in Svengali. Cinemactress Marsh did well enough to earn a long term contract; in her next picture, she will be the star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Nov. 2, 1931 | 11/2/1931 | See Source »

...years ago, when reputations were being rescaled for sound pictures, it appeared that Cinemactress Garbo was losing ground to several rivals?Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Ruth Chatterton. It is now clear that, in a sense, she has no rivals. The fact that she has made comparatively few pictures for the last two years has helped her to retain an independent popularity, to thrive on the flattery of imitation. Once a soaper of chins in a Stockholm barbershop, she has already selected the island near Stockholm where she will live when retired from cinemacting. Her contract expires next year and Cinemactress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 26, 1931 | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

...Tobacco Co., in Manhattan, of a gall bladder complication contracted at Reidsville, N. C., whence he was removed in a private car with two specialists and nurses; John Rushworth, Earl Jellicoe, 71, commander of the British Fleet at the Battle of Jutland, in Cowes, Isle of Wight, of bronchitis; Cinemactress Patsy Ruth Miller, 26, in Hollywood, of an intestinal disorder contracted in Tahiti; Arthur Hammer" stein, 55, theatrical producer, in Manhattan, of a bladder ailment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 26, 1931 | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

...lived more & more wildly, grew less & less careful of legal ethics. Finally Hearst's New York American discovered evidence that Fallon had bribed a juror. In the ensuing trial, Fallon electrified the court by announcing he had in his pocket birth certificates of two illegitimate children of a certain cinemactress whom he linked with Hearst. Said Hearst (according to Fowler) when a worried American editor called him by long distance: "Well, then, you won't be in doubt as to what your headline will be for tomorrow's paper." In his defense Fallon made his supreme effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fowler on Fallon | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

...high spots of the big "welcome home" party given for Cinemactress Marion Davies in Los Angeles last fortnight (TIME, Oct. 5) was the sudden entrance of a crowd of raucous newsboys. "Extra! Davies Returns!" they yelled, rushing among the guests and passing out copies of a paper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: For People Who Drink | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

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