Word: contrasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very vivid contrast is offered in the outdoor setting for the Argentine play. A group of cabins on the wild slopes of the Andes is shown, being clustered on either side of the stage to permit a view of the mountains at the back of the stage. For this scene the cycloramic cone, a recent invention of R. L. Wayne 2 G., which creates an illusion of great distance, will be used...
...first performance of Francois Coppee's "The Violins of Cremona" and Julio Sanchez Gardel's "The Witches' Mountain" as its twenty-third semi-annual production. The play by Coppee is a one act dramatic comedy of life in northern Italy in the eighteenth century, while "The Witches' Mountain" offers contrast by depicting the rugged life of the present day Argentine "gaucho" or cowboy...
...contrast to the All-Star bill of last week, a monotonous program was offered at the Shubert-Majestic Theatre yesterday evening. The all too numerous acrobatic and animal acts were not broken up enough and, as a result, the show dragged considerably...
...program for limiting naval armaments had been presented by the strongest nation concerned in the question, the sure winner of the race. In contrast, the program for the discussion of the affairs of the Far East was presented by the feeblest of nations, the one which in the contest for the markets of the East has been uniformly the victim. In the one case the winner suggested a plan for ending the race. In the other case the victim expressed her hopes for a change in the spirit and methods of the contest...
...CRIMSON hat exchange, in the course of an unusual afternoon's work, gathered together a remarkable collection of hats in all stages of health, and some interesting data in the bargain. It is hard to say which was the more striking, the hats themselves, or the strange contrast between the lost column which expanded with startling rapidity and the found column which was somewhat lethargic...