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No less accomplished a talent than Ethel Waters is sprightly Marilyn Miller, who always seems illumined by a bright inward gayety. Not since Smiles (1930) has Miss Miller been seen on the stage. She rewards her many admirers for her absence with some brilliant ballroom dancing, a cunning burlesque of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 9, 1933 | 10/9/1933 | See Source »

"For five hours we followed and studied them, often very, very close, but never sure enough of any particular one to shoot. Believe me, it was a thrilling five hours! They look as big as the Grand Central Station, but there was one very cunning little calf about two feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Deer on a Ledge (Cont'd) | 9/11/1933 | See Source »

In "Our Political Monstrosities" Mr. Kent traces, with extraordinary insight and no mincing of words, the measures by which "cheap and shoddy fellows" viz. Huey Long, achieve real political power in a great state; how they work their publicity, and what can be done to stop them. The triple-screw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On The Rack | 3/27/1933 | See Source »

Hardly touching the Cook's tour, musical comedy, three cafes and two operas Vienna, the play exploits the humorous and amorous possibilities of the butcher, baker, candlestick-maker life of the city. In keeping are the simple, cunning, and ludicrous characters, finely, but not brilliantly drawn by actors who show...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/7/1933 | See Source »

Each mongrel generation has grown wilder and more cunning. Hated for their destruction of game, they are also feared because an outbreak of rabies among them might ravage the whole district. As their next move, New Jersey sportsmen last week planned to set steel wolf traps through the Ramapos.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Wild Dogs | 2/27/1933 | See Source »

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