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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Speaking at a London literary luncheon, Very Rev. William Ralph Inge, longtime (1911-34) "Gloomy Dean" of St. Paul's Cathedral, made some prophecies about dictionaries of the future. Under "negus," said he, one might soon expect to find "1. A drink composed of wine, water and sugar. 2. See Victor Emmanuel. In the same way, in the next edition, you may see: Democracy-obsolete form of government still practiced in North America. See dictator." In New Haven, Conn., Yale Freshman William Eldred Jackson, only son of U. S. Solicitor General Robert Houghwout Jackson, was arrested for pulling down...
Hollywood woke up one morning last week to find its self-satisfied air full of dead cats. The slingers: Manhattan's Independent Theatre Owners Association. Inc. Their targets: Greta Garbo. Marlene Dietrich. Mae West. Joan Crawford, Kay Francis. Katharine Hepburn. Edward Arnold. Fred Astaire. The reason: These highly-publicized great ones were "poison at the box office." "WAKE UP." screamed the theatre owners to Hollywood's producers. "Practically all of the major studios are burdened with stars-whose public appeal is negligible-receiving tremendous salaries . . . Garbo, for instance . . . does not help theatre owners...
...sophomoric circumstances here & there to bring it to the top comedy class. Most ribald sequence, primed by Director George Stevens to go off in the Hays office's face, comes when Bridegroom Stewart tries to carry Bride Rogers over the threshold of a Pullman drawing room, to find it already occupied by a truculent, long wed pair of grumps...
...could not triumph over his grudge against women. When his lord took to giving more attention to a harem of 80 dancing girls than he did to him, Confucius resigned in disgust. The next 17 years, followed by 100 disciples, he spent looking for another job. He did not find one, mainly because Chinese lords mistrusted his honesty, once because he refused to play up to a smart mistress behind the throne. Typical of the topical way Confucius coined his maxims was the crack he delivered on this occasion. "I have never known anyone," declared the sage, "who will work...
Midnight snackers in the Hayes-Bickford lunch last night were sent scurrying for shelter when an explosion in the kitchen rocked the building. Soon a fire developed, bringing a swarm of fire engines to the scene only to find a meagre blaze which was soon...