Word: directorate
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mussolini decided immediately to ban the offending cinema, he would have done exactly what Great Britain's Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association did in 1925 to Director Carl Laemmle's Phantom of the Opera.* Shrewd, Director Laemmle let it be rumored that his film would encourage recruiting in His Majesty's armies. Accordingly, when the film arrived in Southampton from Manhattan it was greeted by an escort of territorial troops and a jubilant band which accompanied it to London. Decidedly, Director Laemmle had scored a signal advertising coup...
Since then Director Laemmle has freely acknowledged his error, has appealed through the Exhibitors' Association to British justice not to "contemplate unending punishment." Last week, Director Laemmle was able to derive some comfort from the statement by the Association that it would reconsider the case...
...Manhattan Mrs. August Belmont (Eleanor Robson), famed philanthropist, onetime actress (1897-1910), called a conference to discuss nurses and nursing. Dr. May Ayres Burgess, Director of the Grading Committee of Nursing Schools, flayed the type of girl now entering the profession. "The minimum educational standards are low," she stated. "New York State is a serious offender. The legal requirement is one year of high school, which is lower than the requirement placed by most department stores or business houses for the education of their clerks, typists and saleswomen. . . . The time has come for raising the quality of women admitted into...
Elected. Col. Edward Andrew Deeds of Dayton, Ohio, commercial aviation tycoon (Pratt & Whitney) who supervised the development of famed Wasp and Hornet airplane engines; to be a Director of the National City Bank of New York...
...Hazard '29, J. H. Melia '30: publicity manager, T. J. Smith '30: assistant publicity manager, J. S. Jennison '30: subscription, E. T. Batchelder '30: advertising, H. G. Gerrish '30: property, B. T. King '30: costumes, C. C. Leatherbee '29: make-up, G. L. Leach '29: art director, B. D. Hanighen '30: electrician, R. H. Thompson...