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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Earlier in the day her trial had ended riotous with wisecracks. The courtroom had bulged with spectators. In the corridors countless more pressed toward the door for the free show, while in the streets about the Federal Building thousands stood to wait for the verdict. The jury's "not guilty" loosed a raucous uproar of approval. The crowd "gave the little girl a great big hand" (her cliche...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Free Guinan | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

...Disraeli" is an historical costume drama of the eighteenth century, and, according to the playwright's preface, it "attempts to show a picture of the days in which Disraeli lived, and some of the racial, social, and political prejudices he fought against and conquered." Costumes are being obtained by the Societies from the Repertory Theatre of Boston, which are actually of the period of 1875, at which time the play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MENORAH SOCIETIES TO PRESENT FOUR-ACT PLAY | 4/18/1929 | See Source »

With the return of the Pudding Show to the Cambridge stage, an example of Union dictatorship that has threatened to undermine the financial resources of the production was revealed yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PUDDING PAYS $110 FOR FOUR-FOOT SCENERY SHIFT | 4/18/1929 | See Source »

...learned yesterday that E. F. Craig '25, song writer, who recently exposed the "Weary River" song theft to the CRIMSON, is at resent in New York City where he is completing arrangements to bring suit against Louis Silvers for using one of the songs from the 1925 Hasty Pudding Show for the current Richard Barthelmess movie production. Craig has as his lawyers Paul N. Turner, who is the most prominent attorney in America to handle cases for authors and actors. Turner is bringing a combined suit in Craig's name against Warner Bros. Company and Irving Berlin, who later copyrighted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: E. F. CRAIG IN NEW YORK TO BRING SUIT FOR SONG THEFT | 4/16/1929 | See Source »

Within the palace and in the surrounding gardens were placed, last week, some 1,200 images carved by 300 sculptors. Largest show of its kind in U. S. history, it was called the Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture. Held under the auspices of the National Sculpture Society, it will remain on view through September...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: SCULPTURE GALORE | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

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