Word: danae
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...substituting cartoons for most of its heavy-footed text. The old Life lured him away with the then-unheard-of bait of $35,000 a year and 10% of the profits. Anthony lifted Life's face. He put its dignified owner, Charles Dana Gibson, back to work at his trade of illustrator, dropped Walter Winchell, took on Odd Mclntyre and jacked circulation from 40,000 to 100,000 within six months. Said conservative Charles Dana Gibson: "Son, you're here for the rest of your life!" The financial crash a few months later made it a year instead...
Meanwhile, Artzybasheff's cover portrait of Giannini was rolling off the press at the rate of 20,000 an hour, and illustration for the story was piling up for final selection. Assistant Managing Editor Dana Tasker had okayed the press proof of Artzybasheff's cover, helped plan the map of California and the San Francisco picture layout...
...Paul Dana...
...Dana Reed...
...Walk in the Sun (Dana Andrews, Richard Conte; TIME...