Word: seene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bill hoping he would see his mistake. Finally, giving up hope of changing him, they began to plan on letting the Court bill die without action. When this was reported in the press last week, Franklin Roosevelt changed front barely in time to save face. It remained to be seen what else he could save. A two-judge compromise, which would easily have won in April, in June after a long, embittering fight was no longer certain of acceptance...
Result was that Franklin Roosevelt, when he gave in, was not able to dictate a compromise. Instead he had to put the whole matter into the hands of Senator Robinson, trusting him to obtain the best terms available. This was a new relationship, not seen in more than four years, between White House and Capitol. Just as an expectant mother commands a certain ethereal prestige above other women, so Joe Robinson, as an expectant Justice of the Supreme Court, has become since Justice Van Devanter's retirement a sort of Super-Senator with a prestige all his own among...
...Cinema Arts' hope was completely realized by its first issue last week was debatable. Much of what it had frozen on its 90 pages, well-cushioned with advertising at both ends, was routine pressagent photography. But the textual interpretations of current U. S. moods, fashions and philosophies as seen in the Cinema, were impressive. Critic Richard Watts Jr., Director Rouben Mamoulian, Author Jim Tully, Singer Mary Garden, Scenarist Homer Croy contributed...
...name in 1915 to avoid being confused with his famed brother, for whom he used to distribute pictures like Broken Blossoms, Intolerance, The Birth of a Nation-determined 18 months ago to get out Cinema Arts. Last autumn he startled the magazine world with the biggest dummy ever seen in the U. S., a book 14 by 17 in., of which 12,000 copies were distributed in the U. S. and England. Despite enthusiastic response from advertisers, who welcomed its display opportunities, the magazine was whittled down before publication to 11¼ by 14 in., to make it manageable...
...week, with the court's blessing because he is credited with the Journal's present prosperity, President Grant was ready to reveal his plan. It proved to be as comprehensive a set-up for employe-ownership of a newspaper's stock as the U.S. has ever seen...