Word: doll
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hoover could have readily identified him as Lawrence Richie, a Hoover secretary who was once a detective, knows the art of disguise.) When Santa Claus Richie offered him a doll from his pack, Herbert III scorned it, declared...
...refused to talk. Finally their grandmother stepped in to help the baffled cameramen, asked the children what they wanted for Christmas. Herbert III listed his desires: a policeman's uniform, badge and club, a wagon and a "train engine-a big one." Peggy Anne wanted "a very big doll," several smaller ones and a wagon. Their six-month-old sister Joan, who had arrived in Washington in the arms of Nursemaid Florence Gehlke (see cut) was not brought out of the White House to express her Christmas wants...
...books by Lawrence, "The Captain's Doll" and "The Lost Lady", and Huysmans' "Against the Grain" are the only fiction titles reported to be in great demand in reprint issues. This may indicate that so far as fiction is concerned college men prefer to keep up to the minute. Such a conclusion is backed up by the predominance of fiction in the following list of best-selling new books...
...cultured and dignified old Chinaman and E. G. Robinson as the vulgar and blatant half caste, Charlie Young. Lewis Ayres makes an ornamental hero and Lupe Velez has her moments, but she has a tendency towards overacting and is a shade too kittenish for a demure Chinese doll. In short the excellent direction and casting save it from being just another one of those pictures...
...Denver, Gloria Utter, 5, and Rose May Etheridge, 6, argued over the possession of a rag doll. Gloria sulked off to her father's garage, returned with her father's gun, shot and slew Rose...