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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Soon Harry was talking of Hollywood and when he heard that Joan Crawford was a favorite at Harvard he said, "Joan is a wonderful girl, and she's never caused me any trouble. In fact, the only mischief she ever does is when I'm acting. Then she stands arounds and laughs so hard that the whole work is broken up and we have to take the scene over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harry Langdon Describes Trials and Hardships of Being a Movie Star--Is Now Training His Voice to Enter Talkies | 3/6/1929 | See Source »

Favorite movie actresses: Joan Crawford, 34; Greta Garbo, 23; Nancy Carroll...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Men Prefer Phi Beta Kappa Key to Major "Y"--Pick Harvard as Favored College--Read Saturday Evening Post | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

Winifred Lenihan, Theatre Guild actress (Joan of Arc, Major Barbara), went to court last week to defend her right to put a baby and some clothing on the balcony of her Manhattan apartment. Her landlords, the Turtle Bay Holding Co. Inc., testified: 1) that she erected the balcony in violation of her lease; 2) that the presence of the baby and clothing on the balcony annoyed the neighbors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 11, 1929 | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

...fortuned Bourbon. Certainly complete devotion' to Catholicism and to Rome, well illustrated by his dogged resistance to the Civil Constitution, contributed not a little toward Louis' condemnation. It can even be argued with assurance that religious motives contributed as largely toward his execution as toward the martyrdom of Joan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A SAINTED VICTIM | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

Dream of Love has what millions of cinema fans want-a beautiful heroine (Joan Crawford) and a handsome hero (Nils Asther) making love in a romantic setting (the mythical Kingdom of Kuremme). The 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jan. 7, 1929 | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

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