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...soon found ourselves in company with the fisherfolk having a grand time as Joan Crawford and her flock of suitors pranced merrily through "Sadie McKee" which luckily comes to the State today. Of course, the other film with Zasu Pitts and Ned Sparks was much more amusing. In fact even the merits of a portrayal of Arnold Rothstein or the demerits of the propaganda extravaganza, "Stand Up and Cheer" are more satisfactory for comment but alas they won't have a double bill at the State...
...Bedford seemed to like Sadie but the reception which an exhausted undergraduate body will accord her seems more doubtful. We are quite sure that she can't supply the relaxation that Zasu Pitts and her privy chamber would but she has her good points. Joan Crawford, who makes a very lovely Sadie, plays a demanding part; a maid in a wealthy household, the unfortunate heroine of a love affair which doesn't quite come off a chorus girl, the wife of a millionaire and finally a sweet young thing. For her suitors, there is Franchot Tone who outrages her sense...
Sadie McKee may not be quite the logical successor to Baron Nathan Rothschild but she has quite as checkered a career. It is an average picture but Miss Crawford will supply sufficient entertainment for her admirers. She was excellent preparation for the Philosophy 6 examination today
...also went to Hollywood, was persuaded by Durenceau she would be a more successful manager than artist. Her first job as manager was to get commissions to decorate Hollywood homes. He painted murals of horses and gazelles for William Haines, a mural for Leila Hyams, decorated pianos for Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Lilyan Tashman. He illustrated Oscar Wilde's Selfish Giant and an Anthology of Immoral Poems for the Walpole Press. One Sunday, he decided to sculpt. Lacking materials, he fashioned a statue from coat hangers, the hinges of an ironing board, some mud. His ambition is to give...
Other elections from the Harvard faculty were as follows: Edgar Anderson, Franzo H. Crawford, Chester L. Dawes, Jacob P. Den, John F. Ebersole, Sterling P. Fergusson, Cyrus H. Fiske, Henry Jackson, Jr., Matt B. Jones, Donald H. Menzel, Richard S. Meriam, Harry R. Mimac, Leroy M. S. Miner, Arthur E. Monroe, Robert H. Pfeiffer, William C. Quimby, Sumner H. Schlicter, Carle C. Zimmerman...