Word: performances
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...semblance of the cultural by its very incompatibility with the spirit of the rest of the school, cannot be the best. The scientific faculty, moreover, is deprived of the funds which might otherwise be used to make it of even higher caliber. In order for the Institute to perform its greatest service it should make engineering still more a graduate subject...
When a celebrated actor chooses a vehicle, he is likely to pick something insignificant, to be sure that the merits of his performance outweigh the rest of the entertainment. When two celebrated actors select a vehicle, they are likely to have a hard time finding one which will suit this requirement for both of them. Arsene Lupin (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) can therefore be considered a triumph of selection and adaptation. It gives both Barrymore brothers, Lionel and John, parts of almost equal importance and allows each to perform his specialty without stealing the play from the other. Lionel is Guerchard...
...months. When they met for the first time in weeks to start work on Arsene Lupin, John, wearing an unbuttoned shirt with no cravat, arrived late and found Lionel waiting. Said he: ''How are you, my good man?" Said Lionel: "I like your necktie." Presently they will perform together in Grand Hotel, John as the Baron, Lionel as Kringelein...
...infant daughter of John, it is even more likely to be continued by the grown sons (Samuel Pomeroy Colt, 22, John Drew Colt, 18) and daughter (Ethel Barrymore Colt, 19) of Sister Ethel Barrymore. John Colt made his debut last year in Scarlet Sister Mary. His sister, wearing blackface, performed in the same play and was this season deluded by the mercenary assurances of George White into joining the cast of his Scandals. This year Ethel Barrymore has been touring the Midwest, to comparatively small advantage. If there was any doubt as to where all Barrymores belong at present...
Barney Oldfield, after seeing Blue Bird perform, said he planned to beat Sir Malcolm's record with a 32-cylinder car built like an inverted canoe. Unlike Oldfield, who could not even ride a bicycle until he was 17, Sir Malcolm Campbell learned to drive a car when he should have been in school, learned about motors by tinkering a second-hand motorcycle. When he inherited £250,000 and a seat on Lloyd's (where his life and car are insured for a total of £20,000), he continued to experiment. In 1909 he built an airplane...