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...diabolical villains arising from the Victorian period that produced "Frankensten" and "The Murder in the Red Barn", few had more homely appeal than the demon barber of Fleet Street. His remarkable mechanical chair disposed of its occupants as decisively as Sing Sing's "hot squat". Such is the atmosphere of the Delta Upsilon's present revival...

Author: By E. W. R., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/24/1933 | See Source »

...Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street," advertised as "a gripping molodrama of the 19th Century," will be produced by the Harvard Chapter of Delta Upsilon in its chapter house on Friday and Saturday. The play will begin at 8.30 o'clock on both evenings. On Friday, there will be dancing afterwards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DELTA UPSILON WILL PRODUCE SWEENEY TODD THIS FRIDAY | 3/22/1933 | See Source »

Wagner: "The Jew is the plastic demon of the decline of mankind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: National Revolution! | 3/13/1933 | See Source »

Miss Lulu Bett comes out all right in the end. As the play goes rollicking along, one wonders just what that demon Fate has in store for her, but she forgives and they all live happily ever after. Miss Lulu Bett is the heroine, if such there are in this modern age, of an amusing comedy being shown this week at the Peabody Playhouse, with the Stagers in charge of festivities. The play is taken from a novel of the same name by Zona Gale...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/23/1933 | See Source »

...They saw the amazing red men below snatch their spears and bows & arrows, and form into fighting squads of six. The Yawalapiti were going to battle the huge creature circling down upon them. The women ran into the jungle, ripping off their uluri (genital charms) as sacrifice to the demon. But the village site was too small for the plane to land. Anthropologist Petrullo & Victrola-Hein Johnson dropped a sack full of good-will offerings upon the village, flew back south...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Gods & Fishhooks | 6/27/1932 | See Source »

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