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Word: saliently (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mind. . . . Most of the time you will find me bobbing around Europe. . . ." White Cargo (British). Several U. S. picture companies wanted to produce this, but Will Hays, supervisor of cinema morals, made clear that he would not sanction it. With W. Somerset Maugham's Rain it was salient on his black list. At last United Artists made Rain with Gloria Swanson, calling it Sadie Thompson; Hays permitted its release, but when producers pointed to this precedent as an argument for letting them bring out White Cargo, even suggesting that it could be disguised under its original title, Hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Mar. 10, 1930 | 3/10/1930 | See Source »

...public. Last week many a sales letter went out from Manhattan wholesalers' offices. Some 25 musical salesmen conferred with local dealers directly, boasted of the talents of their particular artists, haggled over prices. From their sales results, from box-office returns of the past year were established certain salient facts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Market | 2/17/1930 | See Source »

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