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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...artists: Malvin Albright, twin of Ivan who sculpts under the name of Zsissly; Aaron Bohrod (pronounced Bo-rod) who does sketches of Chicago streets and coal yards; Jean Crawford Adams (landscapes); Archibald John Motley Jr., Negro who gets a bright, sculpturesque quality in his portraits of fellow Negroes Frances Foy, whose specialty is city parks and streets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: U. S. Scene | 12/24/1934 | See Source »

...blooded "Ace." A great parodist in his time, Actor Stone shines best when, as the persuasive stumpster, he drops into Western, Southern or Irish dialect at will, depending on whom he is trying to persuade. Unconsciously, he confuses the part a bit by also imitating Will Rogers, Eddie Foy and Glenn Anders from time to time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 12, 1934 | 11/12/1934 | See Source »

...stage is taken up this week by the descendants of Eddie Foy, a star of the golden days of vaudeville. They dance well and are amusing in a bawdy...

Author: By S. M. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/6/1934 | See Source »

Last week, with Cheshire House dormant, Walter Chrysler Jr. announced his debut into the industrial world as chair-man and president of a new sales corporation to market air conditioners. Its name: Temperature Corp. On its board of directors were Mr. Foy and Mr. Garbisch and Motormaker Chrysler's youngest son Jack. The elder Chrysler had put up most of Temperature Corp.'s $350,000 capital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Temperature Corp. | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

...shining stars adorn the family diadem of Walter P. Chrysler. Son-in-law Byron Cecil Foy, who married Mr. Chrysler's eldest daughter Thelma, is, at 40, president of Chrysler-owned De Soto Motor Corp., famed sponsor of its airflow models. Son-in-law Edgar William Garbisch, 32, a burly West Point footballer who married Mr. Chrysler's second daughter Bernice, went to work for J. Stirling Getchell, Inc., Manhattan advertising agency which handles most Chrysler advertising, startled himself and friends by bagging the huge Socony-Vacuum account. Last week Motormaker Chrysler's chunky, art-loving son Walter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Temperature Corp. | 7/23/1934 | See Source »

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