Word: muny
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Motion Picture Democratic Committee (Dashiell Hammett, Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, Fredric March, Melvyn Douglas, Donald Ogden Stewart et al.) telegraphed to Republican Governor Frank Merriam: "FOUR YEARS AGO WE . . . HAD TO CONTRIBUTE A DAY'S PAY TO YOUR CAMPAIGN FUND TO SAVE CALIFORNIA
...public-enemy cycle that pulled them out of their last slump. For such a return, James Cagney, now back on their payroll, seems to be just the ticket. The Warners also plan Hell's Kitchen, with the Dead End boys; Juarez, with Paul Muni; for prized Actress Bette Davis, four stormy stories. Total planned: 52 features...
Today's program is nicely balanced, with Paul Muni's admirable interpretation of "The Story of Louis Pastcur" offset by Claudett Colbert and Melvyn Douglas in "She Married Her Boss." Tomorrow, however, they are abandoning the old name of "review day" in favor of "Romance Day," bringing to the screen Stokowski in "100 Men and a Girl" and Garbo in "Anna Karenina." This idylic couple, last heard from on the Isle of Capri, got widely diverging reactions from the local public. The big Swede left Harvard hearts cold, but the stoical Stokowski received such an overwhelming Radcliffe vote that...
Mooney or Muni...
Throughout your Tom Mooney account (TIME, March 21) you imply that there is a studied, histrionic quality in his behavior (apparently confusing Mooney with Muni). In the penultimate paragraph you dispense with implications and make the blatant statement that "Mooney ended ... as usual with a burst of tears, finally recovered enough presence of mind to pose," etc. Does this mean that a man who has not the tact, or art, to conceal his emotion on his respite from prison cannot seriously be considered a victim of injustice...