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...wife, who loves him and attempts to regenerate him again and again, and his friend, who loves his wife but also does his best to restore domestic happiness, are the other two main characters of the story. The friend is played by Gustav Diessel, an actor strongly reminiscent of Conrad Veidt, and a worthy rival of the German player. On the whole, the acting is extremely well done, especially so since all the parts are extremely difficult...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 5/5/1931 | See Source »

Berlin has had no Oberbürgermeister for the past five months, so long has it taken to liquidate the scandal of her last Lord Mayor, Gustav Boess, who resigned, although technically vindicated, after a trial for misconduct of Berlin's fiscal affairs (TIME, Oct. 20, et ante). As famous in Berlin as U. S. oil's "Little Black Bag" is the "Boess Fur Coat," "bought" by Frau Boess for a tenth part of its value from the Sklarek Brothers, rascally civic uniform contractors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Uncle Sahm | 4/27/1931 | See Source »

April 18-25-Architectural and allied arts exposition in conjunction with 50th anniversary of the Architectural League of New York. Feature: exhibition of Swedish architecture, sponsored by Sweden's Prince Gustav Adolf. Press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: COMING | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

Among Jewish friends of Lady Cynthia who take Sir Oswald seriously is Frau Gustav Stresemann, widow of the late, great German Foreign Minister. A few months before Dr. Stresemann died, a few weeks before the present British cabinet was formed, the Stresemanns and the Mosleys went on a light-hearted German bummel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Positives of Action! | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

Born. To Count & Countess Folke Bernadotte (Estelle Manville, daughter of Board Chairman Hiram Edward Manville of Johns-Manville Corp.); a son; in Pleasantville. N. Y. Name: Count Folke of Wisborg. Their first son, Count Gustav Edward, was born in January...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Feb. 16, 1931 | 2/16/1931 | See Source »

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