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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Mrs. Lewis Morrison (Rose Wood), 82, oldtime actress, grandmother of the cinemacting Sisters Bennett (Constance, Barbara & Joan); of old age; in Tenafly, N. J. She played many a leading role with Joseph Jefferson in such productions as Rip Van Winkle, The Rivals, starred in Lester Wallack's stock company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Mar. 21, 1932 | 3/21/1932 | See Source »

...which he is well suited. Doug starts the day with his pal as a well-bearded young vagrant recently released from "the jug". By discovering a travelling salesman's suitcase, which provides him with a clean suit and a "wad", he becomes a gentleman for a day. He meets Joan Blondell, a stage dancer (or chorus girl) who needs sixty dollars to reach her troupe in Salt Lake City and plays "Santa Claus for once in his life", unaware that Dr. Bernard, a fiendish old pervert in love with Joan is following them. Lady Luck further sets the stage when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/15/1932 | See Source »

...crazy idea," admitted Editor Dickinson. "Well, if Joan of Arc had not been crazy she would have died a grandmother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: To War | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

...This wonderful sanctuary," cried Dr. Norwood last week, "is filled with presences and faces, and I accept them all as good chums of mine. . . . Joan of Arc, one of my favorite saints, marches across the marble, and in the marble altar, given by Maria Dehon Polk in memory of my son, I can see my son's face, as he looked when a small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Wonderful Sanctuary | 3/7/1932 | See Source »

...earliest Surrealistes, in advance of the movement proper, were Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernest, Paul Klee, and Joan Miro. Chirico's early neo-classic landscapes were more truly landscapes, for the shadows were thrown towards the sun, the sky was perhaps green, and a more than natural poignancy was continually attested by these imperceptible distortions. Besides being a "Surrealiste" Chirico was a master of painting, and continued painting until past the inception of the full-fledged school. Max Ernest, independent of the school, matures day by day in his own inimitable lyricism. The verdict of time will undoubtedly confirm...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Collections and Critiques | 3/3/1932 | See Source »

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