Word: conning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Brinser's "The Respectability of Mr. Bernard Shaw", was characterized by Professor Sprague yesterday as "a brilliant attack upon the popular concept of Bernard Shaw." The Harvard Press summarizes Brinser's book with "Time was when Mr. Bernard Shaw was con- sidered a highly dangerous youth derisively leveling the shafts of his Socialistic ridicule at the respectability of tht Victorian generation. Now Mr. Shaw is himself old and must in turn submit of an examination of his work at the hands of other young men provided with a new variety of wit and insight. Mr. Briuser speaks for the readers...
Musicians great & small, obscure impresarios, shabby maestros, raffish editors, theatrical agents, garrulous critics: these compose a group which congregates in the Caffè Biffi in the great Galleria (Arcade) Vittorio Emanuele near Milan's La Scala Opera. Drinking vermouth con seltz by the hour, the clique finds much to gossip about. In July 1930, its conversation might have run like this: "So! So! A woman in La Scala. . . . Our Colombo, per l'amor di dio, our dove! What will become of the opera, with her in charge? That professoressa? Shocking...
...either refuses or fails to perform, he is automatically thrown out. Some Horrible Hemingways: George Newell Armsbyt vice president of Bancamerica-Blair Corp., and his brother James, San Francisco canner; Reginald Vaughan, San Francisco attorney; James John Walker, Mayor of New York; Cinemactors Jack Holt and Ernest Torrence; Con Conrad, song writer, who supplied the words for the Hemingway anthem : We are the Hemingways The Horrible Hemingways We'd rob the blind man of his cup Or steal a baby's milk You'd think...
...secretive about details of its share ? rates of interest, maturity dates, etc., etc. ? except to say that it would not be passed on to the public. The French were frank er. The French credit will run for a year and the Paris bankers are anxious to con vert it on maturity into a 20-year long term loan. At least $100,000,000 of their share will be sold to the public immediately...
...original cast, if they would consent to appear. Producer Hughes hired Leo McCarey to direct the picture, Ben Hecht to work on the dialog. When he came to the problem of selecting a cast, however, Hollywood's indignation interfered with his plans. Only three cinemactors are under exclusive con tract to Producer Hughes - Billie Dove (sometimes reported engaged to him) ; Pat O'Brien (Front Page) ; Jean Harlow (Hell's Angels). Forced to hire actors from other producers, Producer Hughes found that other producers were reluctant to let him have actors for any picture, that they flatly refused...