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...Rey. Big-jawed Alfonso XIII, whom even his enemies admit is the most astute politician in Spain, had no intention of selling his country to the U. S.; but no monarch in Europe is more amiable to U. S. citizens or has a livelier interest in their country. Whether he means it or not, he is constantly telling interviewers of his desire to visit the U. S. "If I don't visit America soon," said he to correspondents month ago, "I will be too old to be decorative." (He is 44.) The U. S. is interested in Alfonso...
Douglas Fairbanks was once presented at court in Madrid by Ambassador Moore. Awed by Court flunkeys and chamberlains, Cinemactor Fairbanks bowed to His Majesty. El Rey left the throne, approached confidentially...
Thornton Wilder, novelist (The Bridge of San Luis Rey) Litt.D...
...Directing: Cedric Gibbons, for The Bridge of San Luis Rey...
When Thornton Wilder wrote The Bridge of San Luis Rey it was read by more than 250,000 people. Most of them could not even pronounce the title correctly. Many are still arguing about what the story meant. Author Wilder's books are polished, scholarly, classical. Nevertheless, the U. S. acclaims him. The secret of Author Wilder's success is his style-one of the most readable styles ever produced by a U. S. writer. Highbrows call it limpid. Plain people call it pretty smooth...