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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Manhattan's film appetite seemed temporarily queasy, U. S. fans at large were definitely peckish. Though Hollywood had sent out 62 feature pictures since Aug. 1, theatres everywhere were frantically calling for more. Variety, sympathizing with Hollywood's production problems, headlined that the exhibitors were BURNING UP PIX TOO FAST. The paper implied that exhibitors had brought this famine on themselves by insisting on the double-feature, by not holding over hits for longer runs. Fact remained, however, that last week, when the season should normally be well under way, Hollywood released only one Class-A picture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Famine | 10/4/1937 | See Source »

...late Daniel Mayer, the manager who started her on her career, made it his business to see that she read profitable books, helped her with her programs and her costumes, developed her taste. Absent also was Brother Vittorio, now a recognized composer studying in Italy on a Pix de Rome fellowship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Aida from Philadelphia | 2/24/1936 | See Source »

SEES MORE PIX THAN ANY PREZ...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Tastes | 5/7/1934 | See Source »

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