Word: mayers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Many of the other characters, the shots of the Bounty under sail, and the land sets are deserving of commendation, but one could keep on for hours. The fact remains that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has brought a great tale of men against men to the screen just about as effectively as did Nordhoff and Hall in their vivid book. That is high tribute to Hollywood...
Rendezvous (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Based on Herbert O. Yardley's American Black Chamber (TIME, April 17, 1933), this picture deals with the technique of counter-espionage at Intelligence Service headquarters in Washington during the War. Though the intrigue is sometimes unintelligibly involved, the story is swiftly paced, manages by a parade of ingenious tricks to provide sustained entertainment. It also arouses wonder that, with German spies as thick as fleas and clever as foxes, the War Department managed to keep any secrets whatever...
Last week Charles Hitchcock Sherrill, U. S. member of the International Olympic Committee and onetime (1932-33) Ambassador to Turkey, arrived in New York after a seven-week trip to Germany to make sure that Helene Mayer, German-Jewish Olympic fencing star in 1932, would be asked to join the German team next year. Even before the Normandie docked, Mr. Sherrill was handed a letter from the U. S. Committee on Fair Play in Sports, asking him to support the move to withdraw the U. S. from the 1936 Olympics. The blast that Sportsman Sherrill uttered in reply promptly turned...
...Sports Columnist Richards Vidmer decried Mr. Mahoney's objections, drew a two-column letter of protest from Editor Isaac Landman of the American Hebrew. The New York Post polled 35 members of the Olympic Committee, found 28 for participation, four against, three noncommittal. In Oakland, Calif., Fencer Helene Mayer, in whose behalf Mr. Sherrill had gone to Germany, said she had received no invitation to compete for Germany. In Chicago, Chairman Brundage of the American Olympic Committee made the sweeping statement which he had been threatening since the conflagration started. Said...
Final sparks in last week's angry squabbles came from Dr. Lewald in Germany. He announced that he had finally received Jeremiah T. Mahoney's open letter. He also exhibited a cable from tactful Helene Mayer. The cable: "Sickness delayed answering [invitation]. Acceptance left yesterday. Love...