Word: king
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...England a man was blown off London Bridge to drown in the Thames; and the statue of King Richard the Lion Hearted in Old Palace Yard, between the House of Lords and Westminster Abbey, lost His Majesty's sword which the wind snapped off at the hilt. Landsmen's deaths in Europe totaled 25. The South American cyclone slew 41 Argentines, injured 150, swept away 200,000 acres of crops...
...While vacationing in Paris incognito, last week, King Alexander of Jugoslavia prankishly shaved off the most characteristic feature of his face-a small black mustache...
...follows: stage manager, E. J. Briesen '29: assistant stage managers. T. B. Quigley '29, W. G. Hazard '29, J. H. Melia '30: publicity manager, T. J. Smith '30: assistant publicity manager, J. S. Jennison '30: subscription, E. T. Batchelder '30: advertising, H. G. Gerrish '30: property, B. T. King '30: costumes, C. C. Leatherbee '29: make-up, G. L. Leach '29: art director, B. D. Hanighen '30: electrician, R. H. Thompson...
...scenes of a comedy about a girl who lets the movies swell her head. Hollywood directors distrust pictures that turn the camera on itself, believing illusion is an asset always more valuable than intimacy. Their belief is supported by Show People which, in spite of Marion Davies' acting. King Vidor's directing, and the hilarious rehearsal of a pie-comedy, reminds you that Harry Leon Wilson's Merton of the Movies, written seven years ago, was both funnier and more human than anything dealing with the same subject has been since...
...late Madame Marie Jeanne Becu Du Barry, mistress of France's King Louis XV, had several beds. The most famed is to be put on the auction block, along with other antiques, in Paris, on Dec. 6, by the present owner, Comtesse de Segur (Cécile Sorel), actress of the Comédie-Française...