Word: hollywood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Having made up his mind, he returned last week to Manhattan. And everyone of the least importance in his Hollywood plant was left to read a book which he had given them. That book is the story of Adolph Zukor and of the shadowland he dominates...
...important indorsement. During the last two months, Zukor has been popping in and out of all parts of the Paramount studios in Hollywood, often appearing most unexpectedly, examining everything. He had never before been known to be so inquisitive about the making of his own pictures. But the talkie has caused a crisis. First the talkie has greatly increased competition in the cinema business?Fox and the Warner Brothers having taken a talkie lead. Second, if the talkies become dominant, the U. S. may lose its position in foreign markets because U. S. stars can, at best, speak only...
...spirit and most of the best lines are inspired by the "legit" play, The Command to Love. A little wittier than most dramas of a prince wavering between a throne and an actress, Dream of Love leans heavily on the sex appeal of Actress Crawford, called "Venus of Hollywood." After each new film Miss Crawford receives ardent letters from thousands of high-school and college boys. She sends them in return, when requested, an autographed bosom and a printed slip stating that she was born in San Antonio, Tex., and educated at a girl's finishing school in Kansas...
...perfumed to meet censorship requirements by making him her cousin. This change and the reason for it are naively explained in a foreword to the U. S. edition of the production, which was made by a German company in Rome. It might, at slight expense, have been made in Hollywood, for nothing much is done with Roman street scenes and most of the best shots are interiors. Conrad Veidt, in armor, dies after a broadsword fight with his sister's third husband...
Divorced. Ruth Elder, famed aviatrix; by Lyle Womack, of Balboa, C.Z., who charged cruelty. Example: when Aviatrix Elder returned from her trans-Atlantic flight she refused to kiss him, said "Don't be a damned fool." Husband Womack is now with the Byrd expedition. Said she, in Hollywood: "I still love...