Word: shows
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York, chicago, Boston and Washington, the only cities to witness this unique group of Americans showing the new and modern type of "music drama," have been eulogistic in their praise of the new school of musical show which these singers give. The Americans treat opera as a "good show" and act and sing it as such, surrounding their own efforts with the most magnificent scenery ever sent out of New York City with any operatic group...
Erich yon Stroheim takes his time. He took three years to make "The Wedding March" and he takes some two hours to show it to you at the Met this week. He is in a position to do as he pleases, and from a glance at his past productions one understands why the producers allow him all sorts of liberties. But when the present picture has been added to the list of past pictures made by von Stroheim the general average will have fallen considerably...
...stage show this week is the best in a long, long time. There is an excellent acrobatic act, a jazz fiddler and various other things which make up in part at least for the suffering endured at the expense of past Publix stage productions...
Special Libraries Show Decrease...
...special libraries within the category of the College Library, including those books in the Music Building, Emerson Hall, et cetera, show a decrease in number of volumes during the past five years. The present figures shows 143,300 volumes and pamphlets to be in the special libraries at the present time, whereas the 1923 statistics give the figure 161,500 as the total for that year...