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Word: scene (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...western graduate the new press box will assure a better game than ever before, for although many miles removed from the scene of action, the radio booths, and the myriads of wires including the fastest wire in the country will crystallize the picture in greater detail than he has formerly been able to enjoy. In thus providing the Stadium with one of the best press sections in the country the Athletic Association has made an investment upon which large dividends in terms of accurate and timely news and the attendant public interest should be realized...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TOP OF THE STADIUM | 10/19/1929 | See Source »

...night in June, 1928, a tall, ministerial figure strode upon the national scene and introduced himself in prodigious basso tones as follows: "If anyone has- any difficulty-in hearing me-in the remotest cor-rners of this hall-do not bla-ame it on Calif-o-ornia-but bla-ame it on Ka-ansas City!" It was great-voiced John L. McNab, San Francisco lawyer, placing his good friend, Herbert Clark Hoover, in nomination for the Presidency of the U. S. Then John L. McNab retired from the national scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sub-sub-Committee of One | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

Ever since the talkies were conceived not one movie has left Hollywood but that it has its share of dancing and singing sequences. If the story itself is devoid of dancing or singing acts a cafe or theatre scene is quickly inserted...

Author: By O. E. F., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/9/1929 | See Source »

Such a picture is "The Dance of Life", now playing at the Central Square Theatre. Although no special scene is inserted the entire theme has been constructed in order to allow Nancy Carroll and Hal Skelly to display their musical and terpsichorian talent...

Author: By O. E. F., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/9/1929 | See Source »

...never-never land of Zilania is the scene for Sweethearts; a disguised princess (Gladys Baxter), the heroine given the Sweetheart waltz to sing; an heir presumptive (Charles Massinger), the hero ("Every Lover must Meet His Fate"). Both careful performers, they did well with tunes that are still fresh and crinkling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Herbert Revived | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

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