Word: populars
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...made by Great Northern. Great Northern's customers include Scripps-Howard, the New York Herald Tribune, the New York Sun and some 200 smaller papers. To them Great Northern's president, handsome William Arthur Whitcomb, has not been tough in making prices. Result is that he is popular with publishers but poison to his colleagues in the newsprint industry...
...Love and Hisses" introduces Simone Simon as a vocalist. She sings a thin, pleasing coloratura that will never become particularly popular, partially because she cannot hope to vie with her compatriot, Lily Pons, in this type of singing, partially because the public prefers the more throaty strains of Alice Faye...
...review "The Film in Germany and France 1896-1927" the first of the three programs dealing with Germany tonight includes: 1896 Primitive German films by the pioneer Skladanowsky (Reichsflilmkammer) 1909 Don Juan's Wedding, a comedy with the actor Giampietro (Reichsflilmkammer) 1912 Misunderstood, a melodrama with Germany's most popular actress, Henry Porten (Reichsflilmkammer) 1920 The Golem: one sequence only. Directed by the eminent actor Paul Wegener, who also plays the title role (Ufa) 1919 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, directed by Robert Wieni. Most celebrated of foreign films, it has seldom been shown in its entirety...
This film, put out by the Johns Manville Company, shows the insulation of houses and the uses of insulation in solving other problems of heat control. It is reported to be notable for its clear exposition and demonstration of the physical principles involved and should be of popular scientific interest...
FADE OUT-Naomi Jacob-Macmillan ($2.50). The third importation in a year of a prolific, English popular novelist: this one about a playwright and an actress, in a plot which only the proverbial rich grandmother can straighten...