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...maid of Athens. Nor has the West Coast, the Gold Coast, forgotten to keep up its reputation. Hervey L. Clarke of General Theatres Equipment, and William L. Fox of Fox Films, managed to pull faster ones in the financial world than they would ever have dreamed of trying to foist off on their patrons in the name of melodrama. So the role of honor might be extended indefinitely. Those on it perfected a technique of cold blodded exploitation and ruthless betrayal of trusts which would make Captain Kidd and the Brotherhood look like second rate pikers. Some at least have...
...that the nation is to have a truly democratic government, guarding the interests of the common people from the selfish mess of plutocratic blood-suckers, something should be done about the cinemas which Hollywood magnates foist upon the public and on the theatres. The producers appear to have at their disposal money, talent, equipment, everything, except taste and intelligence. "Blonde Venus" is a case to the point...
...Life began to go fast for Authoress Millay. She lost the manuscript of her play, was too busy to bother about it. Thirteen years later she found it again, among some old papers. Easily most popular poetess of the U. S., Edna St. Vincent Millay could afford now to foist off on her sympathetic public almost any callow piece of juvenilia. But The Princess Marries the Page is surprisingly, delightfully neither callow nor juvenile. A Princess, "the most beautiful Princess you have ever seen." is reading in her tower retreat. A saucy page, who has climbed up to the window...
...have this case dismissed and to end this tragedy which involved the reputation of one of the most gentle and beautiful characters I have ever known. Their efforts were in vain, and again I repeat the purpose of the plaintiff, to my mind, was most heartless in seeking to foist upon an unsophisticated people an unwholesome and dangerous book, the publication of which would only have the tendency of undermining the morals of this nation and to make legal marriage a mockery...
...girl on horseback, and several admittedly clever studio shots are all hurled thither and yon for the bafflement of the audience. But you can't fool skilled observers. It's sex, and, incidentally, one of the most abortive attempts at entertainment that Hollywood has seen fit to foist on Americana. Time your entrance for "Manslaughter" and if you don't know what men want, this is no time to learn. The management has handsome red lights denoting exits at regular and timely intervals...