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Stuart has been looking forward to running her two papers since her father died. Left to her in trust, the Bee and Register have kept to a middle course under able, greying General Manager Andrew Alfred Farley and troubleshooting, middle-aged Secretary Sarah Colleen Powell, who stands guard during press interviews to curb Stuart's impulsiveness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Headstrong Publisher | 5/26/1941 | See Source »

...Eire. He painted Queen Victoria in 1888, Shirley Temple in 1936, and between times did more U. S. millionaires than any other artist in history. Deeply devoted to the late, Chicago-born Lady Lavery, one of the beauties of her time, Sir John used her as model for the colleen on Eire's banknotes, hung a new portrait of her at the Royal Academy nearly every year. Observed he in his autobiography: "I doubt if there are a more heartless crew than poets, painters, or composers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jan. 20, 1941 | 1/20/1941 | See Source »

...best pictures of the year. The flamboyance of Laughton and the high-strung tension of Hitchcock direction complement each other perfectly. The result is high adventure worthy of Dumas combined with the trip-hammer pace of a first-rate detective story. Maureen O'Hara, Laughton's much-heralded colleen, is not, however, the sensation that one might expect. While she is admirable as a wide-eyed adventuress, it is hard to imagine her as a big-time all-around actress,--but then, you never can tell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 10/27/1939 | See Source »

Last week there was a coy smile on the face of New York's Tammany tiger for on its back sat a fair colleen named Winifred C. O'Leary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Lady and Tiger | 10/9/1939 | See Source »

...Most successful 19th-Century playwright was famed Irish-born Dion Boucicault whose The Streets of New York played 2,800 times in all, London Assurance 2,900 times, The Colleen Bawn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: 300 Years: 100 Pages | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

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