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Another notion of Mark Twain's was that monarchies would do better if kings saw how their subjects lived. In medieval London's alleys, Edward fares not much better than his counterpart in the palace until he encounters a young soldier of fortune named Miles Hendon (Errol Flynn...
From the levelling and standardization of industrialism in the mid-nineteenth century, Brahms stood out as the most heroic of composers. In spite of the machine civilization, for years he wrote and conducted great symphonies. When in 1896 he came to Berlin he little suspected it was the last time...
Johnny Long, protege of Hal Kemp, and his orchestra will play Kemp's own arrangements in the characteristic Kemp manner. The music of the Harringtons, featuring the distinctive swing style of Goodman arrangements and the charming voice of lovely 19-year-old Ruth Bates will offer a pleasing contrast.
Afterward came the work that many had traveled expressly to hear. Mrs. Bok had praised it to the skies, called its author, 25-year-old Gian-Carlo Menotti, one of the two great talents developed by Curtis, arranged the whole evening to give her protege a hearing. Though Amelia Al...
Attending a session of the West Palm Beach Criminal Court fortnight ago in his capacity as deputy sheriff and amateur criminologist, muscular Author Charles Francis ("Socker") Coe (G-Man, Knockout) saw 14-year-old Anthony Anastor brought up to be sentenced for stealing a sailboat, persuaded the judge to let...