Word: expression
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Briefest of major U. S. party platforms in many a long year was the one put forth last week by the Democrats assembled in Chicago. Where the Republicans last month took 9,000 words to express their political convictions, the Democrats said their say in 1,450 words. Each of 17 planks had been whittled neatly down by a literate Resolutions Committee, but economy of words did not necessarily mean clarity of ideas. Except for Prohibition, the Democratic platform was even more vague than the Republican...
Following the Russian, up stood Ger man Delegate Rudolf Nadolny to hail President Hoover's "wise proposals" and express his "particular...
...husband is Adolphe Menjou, sleek veteran of a thousand mannered comedies. He knows how to express utter satisfaction, when he learns of his wife's defections, by nibbling on an apple core. She, Joan Marsh, has an extraordinary petulance. When asked if there is anything in the world she really likes, she replies: "Yes. The roller-coaster at Coney Island...
...Pashitch of Jugoslavia "exploded" to Correspondent Dorothy Thompson (now Mrs. Sinclair Lewis) it was denied not only that he had spoken as quoted but that he had ever seen her in his life. Last week the Italian Foreign Office called II Duce's statements as quoted by the Daily Express "so obviously absurd as to be unworthy of an official denial...
Most popular pictures of the year were Forbidden and Attorney for the Defense (Columbia); Five Star Final and The Man Who Played God (First National, Warner); Bad Girl and Delicious (Fox); Tarzan and Grand Hotel (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer); Shanghai Express, and The Smiling Lieutenant (Paramount); The Lost Squadron and Common Law (RKO) ; Frankenstein and Spirit of Notre Dame (Universal). Scarf ace (United Artists) cost most ($800,000) to make...