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When Edward VIII was called "England's Most Eligible Bachelor" there was perhaps no second, but last week Norfolk was "England's Most Eligible Bachelor," and Mrs. Stanley Baldwin went to his wedding with matronly feelings duplicated outside the church by Englishwomen so enthusiastic that some, striving for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: $50,000,000 and 45 cents | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

It is supposed to portray a child s imaginings of his own adventures with a band of opéra bouffe robbers. The boy grinds a hurdy-gurdy drawn by a mule while his mother and grandfather sing. When the robbers hide a stocking full of gold in the hurdy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Feb. 8, 1937 | 2/8/1937 | See Source »

In steamed the train, but Their Royal Highnesses were not on it. From The Hague the hotel proprietor received a terse Dutch telegram canceling the honeymoon reservations, explaining "the plans of Their Royal Highnesses have changed." Two days later Their Royal Highnesses were discovered merrily honeymooning in Krynica, a jolly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: Serene & Royal | 1/18/1937 | See Source »

London: Throngs demonstrate against Stanley Baldwin for the first time since the General Strike. In front of his official residence, No. 10 Downing St., they chant: "The King is right, Baldwin is wrong!" They march on to sing: For He's a Jolly Good Fellow! in front of empty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Edvardus Rex | 12/14/1936 | See Source »

"I sat in at one of his press conferences-at least I was told it was a press conference, but it seemed to me more like a vaudeville item. The only things missing were a set of bones and a banjo. Mr. President called everybody by his first name and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Lowdowns | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

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