Word: spectacularisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Significance. A picturesque, rapid narrative, superbly adapted for spectacular filming, especially as regards the Argentinian episodes, where Ibanez, with his flair for local color, is rather better than when attempting to describe high society in the Ouida vein. A well constructed novel, whose catchy title should lure a large public?not one-tenth-of-one-percent. of durability in its fabric, but very saleable goods for the Autumn trade...
...Monte Carlo-mysterious ladies of the highest rank who refuse to reveal their identities-a little French country girl-waif, sheltered by two young British aristocrats-England -Russia-Bolshevik prisons. ... In other words, Mr. Oppenheim's second book of the current year, displays his usual deft talent for spectacular plot and thrilling incident, though a confirmed Oppenheimer sadly misses the customary criminal secret society with its grips and passwords. THE LATE MATTIA PASCAL-Luigi Pirandello-Dutton ($2.50). What is human identity? Your mind? Your body? Your clothes? Your official papers? Mattia Pascal wondered -when an accident gave...
...share of stock; a bank whose President and Chairman of the Board serve without pay; a bank charging only the " legal rate for interest on loans," without affiliated or subsidiary companies; in short, a " bank owned by the people at large," is the announced project of William C. Durant, spectacular motor financier. Its doors will open on 57th Street (near the tire and motor buildings of Broadway, Manhattan), and it will be known as " The Liberty National Bank...
Captain Charles Nungesser, French ace: "My bride (who was Miss Consuelo Hatmaker of Manhattan) and I cut short our honeymoon so that I could start on a spectacular tour of official flying exhibitions throughout France. In my veteran Nieuport plane, I will exhibit fighting tactics and stunts I used in the war. The tour is avowedly propaganda to recruit pilots...
...surnamed Carrora, nicknamed the "Scotch Wop," has been 13 years in the ring. He is normally a junior lightweight (about 129 pounds) and has fought all the con tenders for the lightweight title, including eight no-decision bouts with Benny Leonard. He is a gallery fighter specializing in the spectacular bound from the ropes which made him famous...