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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...trade unionism so firmly grounded. Last week it was estimated that as many able bodied workers are controlled, as to strikes, by the Trades Union Congress as there are men, women and children in New York City. The unionists operate, in normal times, virtually all the land and sea transport services, the mines, most heavy manufacturing and the building trades. Last week these men, together with "the army of unemployed workers" (rarely fewer than a million strong in the British Isles since 1920), thought chiefly in terms of hours, shillings, bread and shelter, as that midnight approached...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Midnight Crisis | 5/10/1926 | See Source »

There's no doubt that modern life, with its mass production, speed, and machinery has taken much of the romance out of living. Of course, without these inventions we would never have a motion picture story of whaling life, such as "The Sea Beast", not being shown at the Metropolitan. But this latest of John Barrymore's screenings makes you somehow long for the good old days when the look-out's shout of "Thar she blows!" was answered by a lusty "Where away?" and from then on it was "Dead whale or stove boat", and not a pursuit...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/5/1926 | See Source »

There never has been a more courageous folk than the whalers of New England, and it is strange that the movies have not capitalized this theme to a greater extent. Only once, if we remember rightly, have we had a whaling picture, and then "Down to the Sea in Ships" proved rather too educational to portray the real life of a whaler "The Sea Beast", adapted from Herman Melville's famous book, "Moby Dick", is truly an epic. From start to finish it is so accurate that not even the curators of the New Bedford Whaling Museum could find fault...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/5/1926 | See Source »

...more, aided and abetted by Miss Costello--we mention this merely by the way--utterly puts Mr. Valentino to shame I you have not yet sent in your vote to the film magazines for the greatest lover of 1926, don't overlook John. We are, after seeing "The Sea Beast", backing him heavily for the title...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/5/1926 | See Source »

...have not yet compared the screen version with the book, but this is merely because we have not read the book. But in any event, we heartily recommend the movie, for however different from the original--and we don't doubt that Hollywood has taken its usual liberties. "The Sea Beast" is very much well worth seeing...

Author: By V. O. J., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/5/1926 | See Source »

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