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Spring Is Here. In the spring an old man's fancy turns to musical comedy. Here is the first robin, flying in to music provided by Richard Rodgers. In addition it has intelligent lyrics by Lorenz Hart and a book by that oldtime craftsman, Owen Davis, who makes up with situations what amusement he fails to supply in the conversation. Not the least in importance is its cast: Glenn Hunter, making his musical debut after years in adolescent "drama" roles; Inez Courtney, who has a gift for flip clowning; Charles Ruggles, an able farceur; Lillian Taiz, whose voice...
Photographer Henry Sharp, Director Allan (Robin Hood) Dwan, and Costume Designer Maurice Leloir, who has illustrated the best printed edition of Dumas, supply that scrupulous historical detail which has always made Fairbanks pictures an improvement, for U. S. audiences, on the work of romantic authors. Better also than Dumas, rhythm and comedy are by Fairbanks. He has fought victoriously with life some inner battle which for most people ends in defeat. Middle age has failed to slow up his body. He enables audiences of all ages to study what it is that makes boys the real superiors of grownups...
...they dance only with each other. She looks after the family accounts. After making his first picture, The Lamb, for the old Triangle company for $2,000 a week, he developed a type of film peculiar to himself, spent $700,000 on The Three Musketeers, almost as much on Robin Hood. Other famous ones: The Nut, The Thief of Bagdad, Don Q, The Black Pirate, The Gaucho...
...program is as follows: Serenade in D major (composed in 1774) Mozart Overture, "Fingal's Cave" Mendelssohn Spring Song of the Robin Woman, from "Shanewis" Cadman Silhouettes (Poem by Oscar Wilde) Slonimsky New England Sketches MacDowell To a Wild Rose--From an Indian Lodge--From Uncle Remus Music Box Liadov Fantasy from the opera "Jonny spielt auf" Krenek
...passage of the treaty with the defeat of the penning Cruiser Bill, made treaty opponents More than ever determined to put on record the Senate's understanding of various treaty provisos. Toward the close of the week Senator Bingham of Connecticut announced that he had circulated a round robin to which he had secured 20 signatures of Senators pledging themselves to oppose the unqualified passage of the treaty. The Senator claimed that he could get 12 more votes for interpretation, or just enough to prevent ratification...