Word: friedrich
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Government-possibly monarchist-with which Great Britain and France would be willing to make a quick peace on favorable terms. Scions of the Habsburg and Metternich houses were mentioned as the object of active German intrigue and Adolf Hitler was said to have summoned former German Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm for a conference at the Chancellery which became highly emotional...
Nevertheless the rejection of the Friedrich resolution was interpreted as a victory for the Administration, although Dean Ferguson reiterated the statement that "a vote of confidence in President Conant was never under discussion...
Similarly displeased with the newspaper account, Professor Friedrich said, "It is ridiculous to assert that this motion would in any way take away the absolute power of the President.... In moving the tabling motion my colleague expressed warm sympathy for the motion's purpose which he merely wished to see postponed until a later time when things have quieted down...
...takes the things of this world to make even a religious picture. From his father, James Friedrich inherited about $200,000. In Hollywood he got himself a job as an assistant rector, rented two rooms at Selznick International Studios and hung out a sign reading: Cathedral Films. Author Dana Burnet supplied a script with plenty of entertainment value and with preaching carefully soft-pedaled. Once Friedrich met hard-bitten James Thompson Coyle, veteran Hollywood Jack-of-all-trades, and sold him on the idea that a religious picture could make money, Cathedral Films was ready to produce The Great Commandment...
Last week, with Paramount, RKO and MGM, dickering for his picture, the Rev. Mr. Friedrich, movie producer and parson too, looked around for a typically U. S. town to test audience reaction to the film. He chose Joplin, Mo., birthplace of Cinemactor Beal...