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Word: dugan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Intercollegiate Ball at the Copley tonight will be graced by many theatrical stars but none will be as popular as Genevieve Tobin, former star of "The Trial of Mary Dugan" now playing the leading roll in "Fifty Million Frenchmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAY THE BETTER TEAM WIN! | 11/22/1929 | See Source »

...Dixie Dugan is played by pert, agile Ruby Keeler ("Mrs. Al") Jolson, whose reedy little voice blends naturally with familiar Broadway trebles. On the stage she is almost lost in the magnificence of scenes conceived by Joseph Urban, court painter to Producer Ziegfeld...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jul. 15, 1929 | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

Show Girl. Dixie Dugan lived in dingiest Brooklyn. Light of foot and heart, she obtained an interview with the great Producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. by telling him she bore a message from his wife. It was not long before Dixie danced in the Follies. She was loved by a greeting card salesman who quoted his sentiments from his wares. She was desired by a swart tangoist. There was a penthousebroken aristocrat who tried to seduce her. Ultimately she was won by Jimmy Doyle, newsgatherer and Follies librettist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Jul. 15, 1929 | 7/15/1929 | See Source »

...dominance of the New York Yankees (American League), undefeated in the last two World Series. At last opponents see a ray of hope. Small, shrewd Miller Huggins, the Yankee manager, has been forced to replace an important cog in his almost-perfect machine. The agile legs of Joe Dugan, third baseman, gave way. Huggins has moved Mark Koenig, shortstop, to that position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Again, Baseball | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...Trial of Mary Dugan (Metro Goldwyn Mayer). Once more the unity of time and scene and the concentration of dialog made possible by a courtroom play have been utilized in an effective sound-picture. The story, adapted without alteration from a recent stage success, and directed by the author, Bayard Veiller, concerns a showgirl, who is tried for the murder of her lover and is defended by her brother, a lawyer. Best shot?Norma Shearer telling how she paid for her brother's education...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 8, 1929 | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

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