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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...think you might rest now, Mr. Roosevelt?' I suggested. "He paused a moment as if in thought. When Mr. Roosevelt was not excited or aroused or happy he was just quiet. He was not a man to look either tired or sad. That was one of the rare occasions when he looked both weary and saddened. And I felt sure then that as his excitement waned the personal injury produced by the desertion of so many men he had counted on weighed heavily on his spirit. He shook his head a little sadly. Then he smiled and sort...
...Juan (John Barrymore). The screen version of this good old story tells of a beautiful youth admirably trained to enjoy and deceive women. The young fellow goes his cynical way with rare abandon and success until, one evening in medieval Rome, he meets a young lady who is reluctant to surrender herself on ten minutes' acquaintance. Such an astonishing revelation of honor in the female sex transforms Don Juan. In fact, the lover of hundreds decides to marry. Before he can carry off his bride-to-be, however, the irresistible Juan must snatch her from the clutches...
...Waltz Dream. Another German film of rare and easy excellence has been made from Oscar Straus' operetta. Simplicity and graceful common sense have replaced the million dollar dowdiness that would have suffused the film if made in almost any U. S. studio. The story is slight, telling of a frosty Princess and her not particularly interested Prince consort. The latter prefers a blonde from a beer garden. None of the actors are notable here. All of them in their strange Teutonic way are excellent...
...ideal citizen," reported the New York Times correspondent, diplomatically introducing Jumbo's rare philosophy and some of his "twinkling humor." Huge chested, hard as nails physically, Jumbo is fond of hunting, fishing, boxing. "Liquor isn't made to drink," he has said. "It's made to sell." No one has ever seen him down a glass of intoxicant. In the Jungle, Jumbo has taught the survival of the fittest. "If a man walks down the street with $100 in his pocket and some one knocks him over the head and takes it, that's his fault...
...England, Columbia University, Union Theological Seminary. Lately he has been on the staff of the University of Colorado. He will instruct Dartmouth men in Brahmanism, Buddhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islamism, recognizing religion as a central factor in human development, presumably conducting a comparative examination with cultural detachment rare among less widely traveled professors...