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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Stage Door (by George S. Kaufman & Edna Ferber; Sam H. Harris, producer). Having thoroughly extolled the pride and excitement of theatrical life when he and Edna Ferber wrote The Royal Family (1927), having thoroughly deflated the parvenu pretense of Hollywood when he and Moss Hart wrote Once in a Lifetime (1930), George Kaufman, collaborating with Miss Ferber again, is compelled to cover some fairly old ground in a fairly old way when he again fights the battle of the drama v. the cinema in Stage Door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 2, 1936 | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

Paradoxically, the old Ridge Route, though more dangerous from a physical or engineering standpoint, has actually proven safer than the fine new road-all because of the excessive, often reckless, speed that is possible on the new route. REGINALD Moss Berkeley, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 27, 1936 | 7/27/1936 | See Source »

...presiding judge in last night's litigation was the Honorable James B. Drew, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. His colleagues were the Honorable William W. Moss, Justice of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island; and the Honorable Stanley E. Qua, Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WILSON, SCOTT CLUBS CAPTURE SEMI-FINALS OF AMES COMPETITION | 11/23/1935 | See Source »

Jubilee (words & music by Moss Hart & Cole Porter; Sam Harris & Max Gordon, producers) was facetiously described by its creators during rehearsals as a cross between The Merry Widow and As Thousands Cheer. In common with the former, it is laid in a fabulous kingdom found only in operetta. But in comparison with the latter, about the best that can be said is that the same man wrote both books. Jubilee chiefly satisfies the eye. In design and color, the costumery by Irene Sharaff & Connie Depinna probably surpasses anything so far seen on Broadway. But when Jubilee tries to please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 21, 1935 | 10/21/1935 | See Source »

...keep the issue broad. Mayor LaGuardia angrily refused to reveal the aspiring German masseur's name. This antagonized reporters to the point of hinting there was no such masseur, caused excited Mr. Moss to vow, "On my word of honor as a gentleman and as a Commissioner, there is such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: 'Occult Forces | 8/5/1935 | See Source »

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