Word: classics
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...only way men can be shown how to be leaders of art in our times," said he, "is to see how those of other times have done it. But that we try to make them copy classic things is not the idea at all. . . . There is very little teaching [at the Academy] and my main duty, I presume, will be to keep up the esprit de corps...
Died. Dr. Charles Mills Gayley, 74, professor emeritus of English at University of California, author of Classic Myths in English Literature, member of the Legion of Honor; in Berkeley, Calif...
...Morton L. Schwartz's Gusto, three-year-old grandson of Man o' War, with Jockey Silvio Coucci up: the Arlington Classic, year's richest ($88,100) U. S. three-year-old race; by three lengths, with Stepenfetchit second, field horses third and fourth, Top Flight, the favorite, fifth, Faireno eighth; in Chicago...
...Isadora Duncan's many loves came three children, all of whom died before she did. Her theories on dancing? the classic, plastic picture, the lively interpretation of non-ballet music, the accomplished foot-work?she handed on to her six adopted daughters. Of these. Margot is dead. Erica retired. Therese married Manhattan Art Dealer Stephan Bourgeois. Lisa of the pretty blonde curls has turned modernist, dances in Paris. Dark, classic-featured Anna was once the leader of the group, toured the U. S. some ten years ago with Lisa and Margot. Because of stories about Isadora's Communistic leanings they...
Make Me a Star (Paramount). In the current deluge of pictures about Hollywood, someone had the good sense to dig up Harry Leon Wilson's old story, Merton of the Movies. As a play by Marc Connelly & George Kaufman it was the classic of its genre. Now as a talking cinema, under a new title to deceive cinemaddicts who saw it as a silent picture and might not want to see it again, it is still superb entertainment...