Word: ending
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Langdon said he was on his present vaudeville tour mainly for the purpose of getting his voice in shape for the talkies. He is to make his first talking picture in the Spring. "The talking pictures are a howling success," he said. "In the end, the success or failure of a movie is judged by the box office returns it brings, and in this respect the talkies have surely made good. The talkies are now just in their infancy. If one compares the automobile of 20 years ago to the present model and then judges the talkies by the same...
...great many officials have been too strict in handling a game. At present many games are being won from the foul line instead of from the floor. A uniform type of official who will speed up the action is needed; and I believe that the meeting at the end of the month is an excellent step toward the solution of the problem...
...about the introduction of the third dimension, that of depth, into the motion picture which, in its present state of development, gives an impression only of length and breadth, with but little perspective. I look forward to seeing many productions of the new type on the screen before the end of the year, and the opportunities for further growth along this line are practically unlimited...
Packard Motor Car Co.'s President Alvan Macauley last week said that by the end of March he would be manufacturing the new Packard-Diesel airplane motor. That will be a milestone, the first Diesel-type (oil-burning) airplane motor developed...
...confidence with which the Seniors attack such problems as "which living man do you admire most?" But here there develops a weakness in the works, for though the majority comes out stoutly for Lindy or the great American home, four Seniors seem still hopelessly introverted at the end of a college course spent solely with studying their fellow...