Word: drew
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week Major General Smedley Darlington Butler, U. S. M. C. retired, announced that a petition was being circulated to put his name in the April primaries in Pennsylvania as a candidate for the Republican Senatorial Nomination. His candidacy again drew the sharp line which separates the Out-&-Out-Dry-Pinchot Republican machine from the Wet Philadelphia organization commanded by Boss William Scott Vare. General Butler's chief opponent for the nomination (which is virtually as good as an election) will be Senator James John ("Puddler Jim") Davis, who recently switched from Dry to Wet to hold the support...
...leaving Lima's socialite Miraflores Church after service last week, President Luis Sanchez Cerro of Peru drew his pistol and pointed it at one Jose Melgar, for the good reason that this tall, pale youth had just fired a bullet into the President's chest...
...done here in close-up, in full sight of the camera. The director has managed a smooth bit of lap-dissolving, a technical tour-deforce. But he has not been as effective or imaginative as Mr. Barrymore, who simply put his hands up before his face and slowly drew them down again to reveal changed features. Again, Mr. March has authority from Stevenson to make some manner of noise during the transformation scene, which involved "the most racking pains . . . a grinding in the bones, deadly nausea, and a horor of spirit"; but such a lusty wheezing and blowing...
...John Drew Colt, Ethel Barrymore Colt. Missing: Samuel Pomeroy Colt, now in Hollywood seeking his start...
Music managers regard the cut in fees as a healthy sign. In the past artists have often spoiled all chances for profitable tours by demanding exorbitant fees. Few local managers could afford to present Basso Feodor Chaliapin or Violinist Jascha Heifetz three years ago. They drew big crowds but after fees of $4,000 and $5,000 were paid, the cost of the hall and advertising taken out, there was often little or nothing left for the manager. Heifetz and Chaliapin will play now for much less money, get more engagements...