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...shipwreck. The stage in complete darkness, a shrieking wind carries terror to reader or audience; the lights of a pitching steamer appear and on the instant a grinding crash is heard; the lights shudder, become fixed. For a moment only, the moon escapes from heavy clouds to shine on the face of Don Juan* as he leaps overboard to swim ashore. There is dialog in the scene also, but it is negligible. A triumph of stagecraft has been achieved with a few lights and a howling siren. A poet's art is applied to mechanism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Flecker Fragments | 3/29/1926 | See Source »

Otto Grow has become famous all over New England for his comments on current affairs and prominent men. The many members of his family shine in reflected glory and serve all of Mr. Collier's ends in his daily cartoons in the Boston American...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLIER BRINGS OTTO GROW TO UNION SPEECH | 3/22/1926 | See Source »

...Unfair Mission?Put Out at 5 A. M., Rain or Shine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Unfair Mission | 1/4/1926 | See Source »

Stars Seldom Shine as Coaches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GARY, SCHWAB, ROCKEFELLER, AND FORD MENTIONED FOR GRIDIRON COACHING POSTS | 12/11/1925 | See Source »

That I for grace and gear may shine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fauts and Folly | 12/7/1925 | See Source »

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