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Word: star (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...years, Mr. Foy is returning to the vaudeville stage for a farewell tour. The Fallen Star is the vehicle that takes him through the Keith-Albee theatres. This one-act sketch by Tom Barry tells of the plight of a once idolized actor who, in old age, is reduced to the position of doorman. Enthusiastic, Mr. Foy's friends urge him to revive Rip Van Winkle, one of the plays in which Joseph Jefferson toured the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Again, Foy | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

...than 1,000 feet distant. Engineers predicted that on clear nights the Monticello beam, if aimed vertically, would be visible to the naked eye 600 miles away. U. S. astronomers were advised not to suppose that the in creased luminosity of their horizon heralded the arrival of a new star or comet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Sperry Bright | 8/22/1927 | See Source »

Hennessy's 3 Star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Canadian Prices | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...Martel 3 Star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: Canadian Prices | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...UNKIND STAR-Nancy Hoyt- Knopf ($2.50). Two girls were born on the same night, under the same star, to life on erratic earth. Lilias Rabenstein was the daughter of an ambassador whose wife, the most charming lady of Europe, was intimate with the American mother of Cintra Amory. The two girls, growing up together in the flowery atmosphere of pre-War Europe, grew up differently. Lilias, a remote and nervous comet, began her life by being engaged to Franz Czarany who later veered through an Italian milky way to exert an astral influence on Cintra. She, a steadier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Whiz, Bang, Sputter | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

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