Word: cinemae
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...common knowledge in Washington that many a rich Jew, especially in the cinema industry, yearns for political connections and preferment. To Mayor Walker of New York City it was "surprising," however, when he learned that Joseph M. Schenck, husband of Cinemactress Norma Talmadge and president of United Artists Corp. was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, a Hooverite (TIME, June 11.) Vice President Louis B. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. was there...
...mother's charming promiscuity was accustomed to arrive penniless at some unfortunate town, take up her abode at the workhouse, but carouse nightly at cafe and dance hall. Eva once traveled from Ireland with nine Catholic priests; all went to the same London hotel; all went to the cinema; all held hands. "Nine Catholic priests, and you in the middle?"-"No, at one end. Father Michael and I holding hands, and all the other eight too in a chain. Very intriguing...
This is, far and away, the most convincing thing that has been done by the talking cinema. Mr. Shaw's voice was clear, natural, and perfectly synchronized with his facial movements...
...Hollywood, people talk of a revolution in the cinema industry. Paramount, United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Universal, Pathe are going to make talkies. Searches are under way to find actors and actresses who make pleasant noises as well as pleasant faces. Oldtime favorites have been tested, classified, told to practice talking before their bedroom mirrors. It is likely that many of the talkies will be filmed in Manhattan and vicinity...
...Dance. Hollywood has the fixed idea that, in every cinema about Russia, the handsome grand duke must inwardly love the down-trodden peasantry and must outwardly love one peasant girl. The upshot is that, inevitably, the grand duke and the girl escape across the border to avoid being butchered by the shaggy Soviets. In The Red Dance they do it in an airplane. And yet, the film is first-class entertainment. Dolores Del Rio and Charles Farrell are a capable pair, though they do not look very Russian. To Ivan Linow went the sympathy and the praise of the audience...