Search Details

Word: nuns (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Paris (French)?Jules Jussrand, French Ambassador to the U. S.; Irene Bordoni, famed comedienne, with her husband, E. Ray Goetz, theatrical producer; Rosamond Pinchot, ex-Nun of The Miracle and niece of Pennsylvania's famed Governor ; Mrs. Harry Palmerson-Williams (Marguerite Clark), famed cinema actress; Mistinguett, famed luminary of Innocent Eyes; Dr. Walter Dill Scott, President of Northwestern University (Chicago) ; Alexander Grosset, President of Grosset & Dunlap, publishers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming & Going: Jul. 14, 1924 | 7/14/1924 | See Source »

...Story. Renard, lusting for chicken fricasee, disguises herself as a nun and attempts to make off with the Cock, but is foiled by the alertness of the Cat and the Goat, who frighten her away. Renard tries again, disguised as a tramp, and, with the lure of sweetmeats, almost gets her way with the Cock. She begins to pluck the screaming fowl when the Cat and the Goat again come to the rescue and dispatch the marauder, ending the piece with a dance of triumph...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flonzaleys Fight | 4/28/1924 | See Source »

...painting then pas.sed through noble families, to an attic, to Father Miguel de los Santos Colart. He removed the nun's robes painted by the Carmelites, and brought the picture to his Chinese Mission in Manhattan. There it was examined by experts, endorsed as a genuine Velasquez, held...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Another Velasquez | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

Died. Ex-Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg, 29, Carmelite nun since 1920 when she abdicated in favor of her sister Charlotte, now reigning Duchess of Luxembourg; at Hohenburg castle, Bavaria. When the Germans demanded passage through Luxembourg on their way to attack France, she formally protested by drawing her automobile across the street in front of the advancing army. Neither she nor the Luxembourg Government (Germany's forced auxiliary) opposed forcibly, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 4, 1924 | 2/4/1924 | See Source »

Rosamond Pinchot, niece of Pennsylvania's famed Governor (see Page 5), appearing on the professional stage for the first time, gave to the part of the Nun a vibrant grace, a magnetic personality that made her quite the cynosure of the beholders. Lady Diana Manners was supremely beautiful as the Madonna, Werner Krauss magnificent as the crippled piper, Rudolph Schildkraut peculiarly powerful in the portrayal of several roles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 28, 1924 | 1/28/1924 | See Source »

Previous | 226 | 227 | 228 | 229 | 230 | 231 | 232 | 233 | 234 | 235 | 236 | 237 | 238 | 239 | 240 | 241 | Next