Word: screen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Elsie Mackay, 34, daughter of a peer, has done daring things since childhood. Unimpressed by her father's millions (Peninsular & Oriental Steamship Co.), she eloped with Capt. Dennis Wyndham (before the War, an actor) and laughed at disinheritance. She went on the stage herself and on the screen, as Poppy Wyndham. Suddenly she had her marriage annuled and returned to her father's home. As suddenly she took up flying, won her pilot's license five years ago, and nourished the determination to be the first woman to fly the Atlantic...
...when the light exposure was doubled, the plant development proceeded four times as fast, and when the light was applied for 24 hours the growth was "astounding." The heat*rays of the lamps made these long exposures impractical in the past. Even filtering them through a water screen was unsuccessful, but Dr. Davis hit upon the idea of cooling the air in the chamber with an electric fan. This work so well that a 24-hour exposure can now be tolerated...
...Correspondents who had meanwhile viewed a pre-showing of Dawn reported that, as displayed to them, the execution of Nurse Cavell was not thrown on the screen at all, but was simply to be inferred from the agonized expression on the face of the German priest who administered last rites...
...death of Edith Cavell, as an objectionable theme and a misrepresentation. Whether or not the portrayal is incorrect is beside the point, for the reports of the Germans themselves fail to concur. But the fact remains that the subject was banned from England as unfit for reproduction on the screen, since it might be provocative of feeling not in accord with a spirit of pacification...
...juxtaposition, this film, like its predecessor, The Cohens and Kellys, is no doubt hilarious. The previous picture not only was, in the opinion of many, a riot; it also caused violent scenes to take place in some of the theatres where it was shown. People threw tomatoes at the screen and at each other. The sequel is less likely to precipitate...