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Word: geste (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Leslie," said Producer Morris Gest, ''whom I have known for 25 years, will carry with her in her retirement . . . the admiration and sincere regard of all stage people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Chicago's Amy | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

Adolph Fassnacht, "Christus" in the Freiburg Passion Play now touring the U. S. under the direction of impresario Morris Gest, sued his brother George, the play's Judas, for $100,000 for starting the Freiburg Passion Play in English. Recently in Denver "Christus" and his wife "Mary Magdalene" attacked "Judas," pushed his head through a box office window. All three were taken to jail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 2, 1930 | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

Backed by the goodwill of many a potent, impeccable U. S. corporation with whom he deals in millions, bold Board Chairman Peter Alexeivich Bogdanov of Amtorg actually dared last week to sug gest that he will sue sleek Grover Aloysius ("Gardenia") Whalen, Police Commissioner of New York. If Red Bogdanov succeeds in silencing Mr. Whalen, "ruble diplomacy" will have won its outstanding victory thus far, for the Commissioner charged last week nothing less than that Amtorg is a backer, political and financial, of organized Communist agitation in the U. S., that Amtorg in short is helping to foment "the World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Red Letters | 5/12/1930 | See Source »

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