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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Edmond and Denise got along pretty well. Then when he was away on a business trip, she fell without much of a struggle to Managua, professional lady-killer, and took the affair so hard that her conscience went to her head, nearly drove her off it. Edmond was so nice about it that she gave up lady-killers for a long Lent. Edmond's father died, Denise rushed Edmond to the throne, encouraged him into such a multiplicity of ventures that at last he failed. But by that time they had so much practice in being partners, Denise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Round & Round | 8/15/1932 | See Source »

...Preston Foster that his friend Phillips has been proved innocent, will be reprieved if they all surrender. Foster agrees for the sake of the picture's plot, walks out into the guards' hail of bullets. Most of the harsh ironies of the play, such as the scene between the "Killer"' and the prison chaplain, are omitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Aug. 8, 1932 | 8/8/1932 | See Source »

Other able detective, murder or mystery stories published within the last fortnight : Killer's Carnival?Temple Field?Farrar & Rinehart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Omnibus of Crime | 8/1/1932 | See Source »

...that he treats from 800 to 1,000 a day for rheumatism, arthritis, sciatica, neuritis; that he charges $1 to those who can afford it; that his treatments, consisting solely of manipulation of the feet, last about 20 sec. each. Impressed, Author Beach wrote an article on "The Pain Killer" which appeared in the August Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan (circulation 1,700,000) with photographs of Dr. Locke, his clinic, his strong hands. Seventeen afternoon Hearst papers (circulation 3,200,000) spread the story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Ontario Healer | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

...KILLER'S CARNIVAL?Temple Field ?Farrar & Rinehart ($2). Good 13-murder adventure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Wine in Old Tanks | 7/25/1932 | See Source »

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