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...first Tardieu Cabinet there was no Pierre Laval; in the second he was unobtrusively Minister of Labor; and when this Cabinet fell his chance almost came. Briand and Tardieu both insisted that Laval be asked to form a Cabinet. He tried and he failed, because by a typical quirk of "loyalty to my friend André" (Tardieu) he insisted that in a Cabinet of which he was Premier his friend must be a Minister. To form a cabinet including Friend Andre at that moment proved impossible. Again M. Laval slipped into obscurity; but 1931 was just around the corner. Briefly Theodore...
Last March Photoplay (monthly) printed an article about Funnyman Arbuckle called "Just Let Me Work," quoted the chief Arbuckle ambition: "I want to go back to the screen. I think I can entertain and gladden the people. . . ." Editor James R. Quirk of Photoplay gave a radio talk, asked his listeners whether they thought Funnyman Arbuckle should be permitted to return to the screen under his own name. Last week, in the July Photoplay James R. Quirk gave the answer. He had received 3,000 letters from people who thought Arbuckle should be permitted to resume cinemacting; among the letter-writers...
...people did not want Fatty Arbuckle to return. One was Canon William Sheafe Chase, who said: "I have no personal animosity toward this man but think it very unwise to have him at this time to what I consider a very im nity." portant Wrote moral Editor influence Quirk: in the "No one commu accused Arbuckle of making a picture wasn't clean...
...quirk in the culture of the Kellogg family is this: Both brothers have created long-enduring benefactions; yet when they were young children their parents did not want them to go to school. The parents believed schooling was unnecessary because they were morally sure the world then (about 65 years ago) was going...
Last week Editor-elect Arthur H. Samuels journeyed to California to hear Publisher William Randolph Hearst's wishes for Smart Set's next transformation. Publisher Hearst has bought back Smart Set after a two-year interim in which James R. Quirk, owner of successful Photoplay, failed to popularize it as "the young women's magazine." From 1924 to 1928 Mr. Hearst put Smart Set through its "confession" phase. Now he thinks it might be made into a sophisticated smart-chart for women in and about Manhattan...