Word: hollywood
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...traditional orthodoxy of the Republic of the Stars and Stripes," editorialized Vito Mussolini, "have crashed under the weight of realities. ... Is this a prolog to a new international morality? . . . The Republic of the Stars and Stripes ... is the supreme conciliator of extreme contradictions, such as puritanism and Hollywood or such as the thrift of the farmers of the West and the audacities of Wall Street...
...favorite Hollywood publicity dodges has been the practice of filling pictures with those of famous name, regardless of their acting ability; this genus of fake reaches its ultimate development in "The Prizefighter and the Lady." To begin with, Max Baer is cast in the leading role; then one finds wadded in here and there such notables as Jack Dempsey, Primo Carnera, Jess Willard, Jeffries, Strangler Lewis, and a positive swarm of middleweight, lightweight, anyweight champions, past and present. It goes without saying that most of these worthies appear for about ten seconds, and are barely visible to the naked...
...Invisible Man (Universal). While other Hollywood producers confine themselves to the humdrum mishaps of prostitutes, millionaires and college footballers, Carl Laemmle Jr's Universal studio specializes darkly in supernatural pasquinades. The hero of The Invisible Man is as nasty a pumpkinhead as Frankenstein's monster or The Mummy. He is a young physician named Griffin, whose love for beauteous Flora Cranley (Gloria Stuart) is not sufficient to prevent him from discovering a drug which not only makes him invisible but turns him simultaneously into a homicidal lunatic...
...Furthermore, the system of production should be brought down to a relatively small scale. Hollywood should be allowed to handle all the big shows, and the simple plots should be left to the stage. One's personality is lost in the big theatre with a large audience, for contact with the audience, which is essential to the success of a play, is so easy to lose. Sam Harris' production, 'As Thousands Cheer,' is, to my mind, the nearest approach to this desirable new formula, and I think it should be followed. The theater is a place where people should...
...confessed a weakness for wandering through antique stores and in her spare time she loves to go fishing. Her favorite actors, both on the stage and screen, are Paul Muni and Helen Hayes, and although she hasn't much to do with pictures she has lots of friends in Hollywood...