Word: fifthly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Polykushka. The story of this Russian film's production at the Fifth Avenue Playhouse comes as a surprise to natives who grumble about "foreign invaders." It was made in 1918, when Russia had just entered the turmoil of social reconstruction and film studios, in consequence, were crippled. Several years after its creation, the Director, M. Nelidov, fled to the U. S., sought occupation for his talent, found only a $20-a-week job in a bank. Cinema magnates, when they granted interviews, asked for samples of his work. He could offer nothing, because the Socialist Party...
...marked improvement. Opening the season very feebly, the 1930 racquet wielders were outclassed by their opponents. In their recent clashes, however, the first-year men have shown an improved brand of attack and court tactics. They are climbing rapidly on the league ranking list and now stand in the fifth position. The Union Boat Club still holds its advantage in the last rounds of the race for honors...
President Lowell will represent the Associated Harvard Clubs, as well as the University, at the annual dinners and meetings of the Harvard Clubs of New York City, Chicago, and St. Louis; and also at the twenty-fifth Anniversary Dinner of the Harvard Club of Worcester on February 3. He will preside at the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Associated Harvard Clubs, in Chicago on February...
...undoubtedly a much harder job than it seems to the average patron who yawns and wishes he had gone in town instead; but it does seem probable that one good picture on each bill would draw a better crowd than two poor ones, eked out with an act of fifth-rate vaudeville. Of what use are ushers in natty uniforms, radio set in the lobby, and all the luxury of the Pharoahs, in the pictures on the screen are specimens of Hollywood at its worst. Movies in the Square, especially at such times of stress as examinations always bring, could...
...Born on April Fifth...