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MARRIED. Miguel Vazquez, 18, the world's greatest trapeze artist and the only aerialist ever to execute a quadruple somersault; and Rosa Segrera, 21, his flying partner; both for the first time; in Venice, Fla., the winter home of the Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus. After a Roman...
Two of his greatest essays were to be wrenched from the five years he spent there. A Hanging (1931) records both the execution of a Hindu man and the writer's revulsion at the event: "It is curious, but till that moment I had never realized what it means...
The civic enthusiasm may be premature. The nuclear plant, under construction since 1972 and now 97% completed, may not begin operating for three more years, if it ever does. Its long and sometimes tumultuous development has been marked by runaway costs, faulty construction, mismanagement by the utilities that own it...
Maurice Chevalier. This keen, young, handsome French song-singer has long been a good reason for a trip to Paris. Now he has come to the U. S. Primarily he came to make motion pictures but, while the operator is changing the reels, Mr. Ziegfeld has captured him. Best songs...
A "running gag"* much admired by Hollywood experts is built up in a millionaire who, when drunk, is Chaplin's dearest friend; when sober, has him thrown out of the house. A new gag: Chaplin trying to light his cigar but succeeding only in lighting the cigar which another...