Word: queen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Betty Crump, granddaughter of Tennessee's Boss Ed Crump, was named Queen of the Memphis Cotton Carnival. The Memphis Commercial Appeal was ecstatic for two columns. Sample: "Her beauty is reflective of the Deep South . . . freshness and spontaneity, naturalness and lingering charm...
...biggest cause of the jam, naturally, is a shortage of liners. Only 13 are now in transatlantic operation v. 73 in 1938. Only two of the 13-the 2,314-passenger Queen Elizabeth and the 1,050-passenger America* are large luxury liners. Seven more liners will be added by fall, including the Mauretania (1,153 passengers) this week and the Queen Mary this summer. By year's end 24 will be sailing. Even so, capacity will be far under prewar. U.S. lines, which alone could accommodate 56,515 prewar, now have room for less than...
...difference in this strangely improved production is the supporting cast, which has undergone a complete transformation since the opening. Gone are the foreign accents, the faltering diction, the awkward pace of the original Gertrude, Claudius, and Polonius; in their place an almost perfect supporting trio has appeared. As the queen, Doris Lloyd gives a performance which is remarkable for its interpretation of a difficult role; Henry Edwards keeps up a distinctly superior standard as the unsympathetic Claudius; and Miles Mallcson, as Polonius, steals every scene in which he appears. Other lesser roles are well filled, too, with only Philip Foster...
...museums in the world which admittedly doesn't insist on good art is London's National Portrait Gallery. When Queen Victoria opened the Portrait Gallery 90 years ago, the trustees were warned never to "consider great faults and errors, even though admitted on all sides, as any sufficient ground for excluding any portrait which may be valuable as illustrating the history of the country...
This is a de luxe anthology written by bookworms for bookworms. The only wolf calls in its pages rise when a bug-eyed bibliomaniac spots an unescorted Gutenberg Bible or First Folio Shakespeare. With the knowingness of a convention of beekeepers discussing the nuptial flight of the queen, 40-odd bibliophiles talk about the designing, the collecting, the stealing and the forging of books. Some of the highlights...