Word: hollywood
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...flown out from Manhattan with Thomas . White, general manager of the Hearst publications, Richard E. Berlin, chief of Hearst magazines, William A. Curley managing editor of the New York Evening Journal. Mrs. Eleanor ("Cissy") Patterson arrived from Washington. Mrs. Winifred Black ("Annie Laurie") went down from San Francisco. Hollywood was represented by a huge delegation including...
Nearly all of those whom Hollywood has made famous have at one time or another appeared before the public as the "most distinguished actor on the American screen." George Arliss is one of the few who deserve the title. Even if he had never triumphed so notably in "Disraeli" and "Voltaire," his performance in "The House of Rothschild" would entitle him to a place in the dramatic Hall of Fame...
...member of a despised race, but Mr. Arliss is entirely equal to the task. It is unfortunate from the historical point of view that the producers have seen fit to make Mr. Arliss's role far more pleasant on the screen than it was in actual life. Under Hollywood hands Nathan Rothschild becomes an heroic, altruistic, entirely admirable person. For example, the movie shows Rothschild risking every cent he possessed in a brave attempt to keep up England's credit by bolstering the falling Exchange, with market quotations dropping at every rumor of victory by Napoleon at Waterloo. Actually...
...minor attractions esnsist of Theima Todd in a comedy "Maid in Hollywood" and a movie of some remarkable acrobatic stunts. Furthermore, Mickey Mouse is here again in another Walt Disney comedy, a good...
Introspective longings has another chance to come to the surface in the other picture. "Coming Out" Party. This time it is Miss Barbara Leslie New York Junior Leaguer and former debutaute who has aided Hollywood in portraying the kind of party she has always wanted. Since it does not attempt too much, it succeeds in accomplishing its purpose...