Word: novelized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...court and prove that she is herself of good character, for in England, if it can be shown that husband and wife have each committed adultery, then neither can obtain a divorce. This feature of the law has been described as Holy Deadlock and supplied the title for a novel of that name by Funster A. P. Herbert...
...scribbling nights on scratch-pads for two years. Sally Salminen, 30-year-old Finnish maid (employed by a Parkavian family), completed Katrina, a Swedish novel to which Helsingfors publishers awarded a prize of $2,100. "Ever since I can remember I wanted to write," she confessed when cameramen and newshawks arrived in her kitchen. "I was always sort of a crybaby, feeling sad because I didn't have an education...
Wilhelm Kohlhass, in his novel The Officer and the Republic, thrills Nazis with this mystic description of how an ideal young German officer speaks: "His voice had the right tremolo for midnight excitement, the fortunes of Pride and defiance of Death: the jubilant joy of Death with the Weapon in one's hand...
...Carrie is better than Madelon Claudet, who sank to scrubbing floors; she certainly deserves the nod over Madame X, who forfeited her own flesh and blood. The rating of Valiant is the Word for Carrie against other noble-prostitute pictures is equally favorable. Adapted from Barry Benefield's novel, astutely directed by Wesley Ruggles, it is a slick, high-powered old-school tearjerker, guaranteed to please exhibitors by making their patrons miserable. Typical shot: Carrie, on the point of a business foray into Times Square, restrained by the squeaky voice of little Lady, asking what...
...capitalization. Present ratio is 44% stock, 56% bonds, which is conservative. So far this year C. & O. had refunded at lower interest rates $60,000,000 worth of long-term bonds, incorporating in the new issues sinking fund provisions which will retire the entire amount by maturity. A relatively novel idea in railroad finance, the sinking fund in the case of C. & 0. will be taken care of by the saving in interest charges resulting from the refinancing...