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Marshal, by Ferenc Molnar, presented by the Paravent Players of Providence, was concerned with an aged nobleman, his philandering wife and her affinity, an actor. Shot, the actor is too proud to give the outraged husband the satisfaction of knowing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Amateur Nights | 5/19/1930 | See Source »

...charge, well-nigh beatified her during the next 15 years as the virginal, wide-eyed heroine of The Birth of a Nation, Broken Blossoms, Way Down East, The White Sister, et al. Soon to be seen is her first audible cinema, One Romantic Night, adapted from Playwright Ferenc Molnar's The Swan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Apr. 28, 1930 | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

...latest play of Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian playwright, a businessman asks his stenographer what perfume she uses. To her reply, "Chanel 8," says he: "Try Molineux 22; it is cheaper and smells 37% better." Because of this speech, Playwright Molnar was sued last week in Paris by Perfumer Gabrielle Chanel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 7, 1930 | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

...Bull-necked Richard Shikat, called wrestling champion of the, world in New York and Pennsylvania: a bout with Ferenc Holuban, Hungarian, who lay writhing on the floor beyond the ropes, fouled by one of Shikat's headlong lunges, while the referee gave the match to Shikat. Annoyed by the decision, the crowd rioted, charged the officials, were pushed back by police, entrenched themselves behind benches, throwing bottles, refuse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won Apr. 7, 1930 | 4/7/1930 | See Source »

...field of maize was part of several thousand acres belonging to Baroness Irma Molnar, widowed sister-in-law of Hungary's famed Ferenc Molnar, fat, ironic playwright. Once a noted beauty, the Baroness Molnar grew eccentric after her husband's death in 1900, cut her hair short, adopted peasant garb and, during the War, equipped and mannishly managed a large field hospital. Although often styled "richest woman in Jugoslavia," she recently dispensed with nearly all her servants, then filled the sumptuous salons of her chateau at Starilec with innumerable dogs and birds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YUGOSLAVIA: Richest Woman | 8/5/1929 | See Source »

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