Word: de
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...naturedly with Shakespeare, and slyly recalls his own ill-fated venture with "Hamlet." Bette Davis plays Mr. Howard's occasional fiancee, and when she is not engaged in throwing furniture at him, she is crying her eyes out over his latest amour. The amour in this case is Olivia De Havilland who uncovers a flare for comedy and a winsome appeal that she has not displayed previously. Eric Blore, as Mr. Howard's butler and critic, succeeds in stealing most of the scenes in which he appears. The supporting cast is adequate but unexceptional...
...crux of the story is Mr. Howard's attempt to reform himself and tread the primrose path with Miss Davis. He starts his reformation by walking out on her their wedding night. His idea is to show his new strength of character by purposely disillusioning the romantically inclined Miss De Havilland. In the course of the proceedings, Mr. Howard successively insults her family, makes biting remarks about her moles, acts as a drunkard, but all to no avail. Miss De Havilland is exceedingly difficult to disillusion...
While ticket scalpers in the Square offered prices to students reported to run as high as $25.00 per seat, two Sophomores, Emile F. De Antonio and Thomas M. Richardson, picketed along Massachusetts Avenue...
Died, Jean de Brunhoff, 37, French painter, author of "Babar" children's books; of tuberculosis, in Switzerland...
...declared that D. N. C.'s crop control would continue. Last week, however, the Brazilian Government tired of playing Santa Claus, announced not only that production will no longer be limited but that the Brazilian coffee export tax will be cut some 75%. Said Finance Minister Arthur de Souza Costa: "It would be neither possible nor just that on Brazil only should fall the entire weight of its policy favoring...