Word: hoaxes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Perhaps the first Surrealiste Act was the Creation of Man. The creation of the material world was naturalistic enough. Whereas the beginning of Life, whether by the Finger of God, or evolved from green algae, is to us something of transcendant importance, astonishing; sensational, incomprehensible, practicably incredible, perhaps a hoax, not supernatural but in fact super-real. And whatever the possible logical explanation may prove, we cannot deny that the illogical mystery has been for centuries our zest in living...
...young barrister, the girl is forced to accept employment as nursery governess to his son. Disguised in spectacles, wig, puff-sleeves and a cockney accent, she interrupts the barrister (Leslie Howard) to bring him cups of tea and bouillon. It takes him a long time to penetrate her hoax and when he does so he is nearly deprived of his reward by one of his clients who has been more perceptive. All this is as innocuous as it sounds, but more amusing. Good shots: Leslie Howard going to bed, on orders from his son's nursemaid; Ann Harding having...
...produced at the Globe Theatre in London, where, on the opening night, it was greeted by laughter. If "Vortigen" had been successful Ireland planned to bring forth a whole series of allegedly Shakespearian plays. As it was, the production of the play only contributed to the disclosure of the hoax...
...Kamchatka, Siberia later flew on to Nome. Because of the text of Movie's first radio message to his fiancée, saying "have Frank put publicity man on job," the flyers' backers were obliged to make heated denials that the plane's disappearance was a hoax...
...there was no suggestion of hoax in the rescue at sea of Willy Rody, Christian Johanssen and Fernando Costa Viega whose Junkers monoplane Esa fell into the sea on their transatlantic flight from Portugal last fortnight (TIME, Sept. 21). A Norwegian freighter found them afloat off Cape Pine...