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...Barry, Kelley, Green, and Howard, Mr. Nathan disposes of them as a "dramatic barbershop quartette." In Vincent Lawrence, on the other hand, he finds the most gifted of present day comic-dramatists. From the rest," . . . we get the current liberal smear of pseudo-profound poppycock dealing with burnt-cork Spinozas, flapper Margaret Sangers, Strindbergian street-walkers and doughboy Bismarcks...

Author: By H. B., | Title: BOOKENDS | 3/20/1931 | See Source »

Audiences in Columbus were not particularly warm toward the play. Adapted from Julia Peterkin's Pulitzer prizewinning novel, its first drawback was that the dialog was in Gullah.* And Actress Barrymore's facial expressions, under cork, were hard to see, especially since the sets were made too dark. But Actress Barrymore was not downhearted. She had the kind of a part which is every actor's dream: when she was not holding the stage all the other actors were talking about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Scarlet Sister; Red Apples | 12/1/1930 | See Source »

...Birth of Venus" shows a curling lock of blonde hair tied with lavender ribbon, balanced against a branch of coral which in turn stands on a block of cork and a cockleshell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Petit Maitre | 12/1/1930 | See Source »

...factory which Mr. Ford will not own is being built to build Fords by the Soviet Government in Russia. The Fordson Tractor factory is at Cork, Ireland. But in Europe proper Mr. Ford owns only sales offices and assembly plants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Ford Is Mohammed! | 10/13/1930 | See Source »

...freshened up a bit, the wind veering to the east. Both vessels took in their spinnakers for a reach (wind broad abeam). At the halfway mark shirtsleeved Skipper Vanderbilt went wide. Shamrock V, less than three minutes behind, passed close enough to the Thomas F. Moran to pitch a cork aboard. Both boats, breaking out jib, baby jib, topsail and staysail, started on the homeward reach (wind close abeam). From then on the challenger, reputed "ghoster," was no match for the defender. At the 25-mi. mark, Enterprise, her sails taut, her happy crew sprawled along the weather rail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Off Newport (Cont.) | 9/22/1930 | See Source »

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