Word: drawings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...than the folk-literature in certain public places. But these two performances have made "The Drag" as famous as "Broadway", for instance, which has played to packed houses for three months. James Timoney, part owner, is seriously considering putting the play in Madison Square Garden--and he could probably draw a full house. The most cruel punishment which could be desired for the manager of "The Drag" would be to enforce an edict forbidding newspapers to mention ill-smelling drama...
Such novels are bound to be in the nature of an anticlimax. Who, in an earlier day, would have been interested in the further triumphs of Frank Merriwell or the incredible Brown after they left New Haven and Cambridge? All collegiate heroes of fiction draw the public interest because they are supposed to throw the spotlight on what goes on, and how, behind the academic walls. It is the wise author who lets his dashing young rascal fade into obscurity with his A. B. under his arm and the aureole of glamor still about his head. One had as leave...
...basis of pay. Not lightly will he surrender the wage of $7.50 per day (unskilled labor), which miners have held since the post-War peak of 1920. With such things to fight for and with arrogant confidence, President Lewis and his bituminous boys assembled last week in Indianapolis to draw up their terms. On St. Valentine's Day, these terms will be presented to the coal operators at Miami, Fla., where a new compact will be attempted. The Operators, notwithstanding the fact that 1926 was a banner bituminous year, are having trouble. The soft coal industry, unlike the hard...
...crept in advance of the Nationalist army into Shanghai by twos and threes. Their propaganda, mostly in English, has taken good effect. Last week all transport workers of Shanghai and the employes of several mills went on strike?prepared to revolt and join the Nationalist army when it should draw nearer...
Managing a movie theatre is undoubtedly a much harder job than it seems to the average patron who yawns and wishes he had gone in town instead; but it does seem probable that one good picture on each bill would draw a better crowd than two poor ones, eked out with an act of fifth-rate vaudeville. Of what use are ushers in natty uniforms, radio set in the lobby, and all the luxury of the Pharoahs, in the pictures on the screen are specimens of Hollywood at its worst. Movies in the Square, especially at such times of stress...