Word: successful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Miss Lane, in an exclusive conversation with the gentlemen of the Press, revealed that rhinoceri make "silly squeaks" when sculptresses are working near them. She also said that one of them, in the Bronz Zoo, attempted without success to pull her into the cage...
Dave Shean, regular outfielder, who in a surprise move toes the slab for the Crimson, allowed the Bruins only eight hits in his first attempt at pitching in two years. Shean's success yesterday partially lightens Coach Fred Mitchell's hurling problems...
...subdued tone of the piece in general allows attention to be turned to the specialized talents of Dorothy Stone and Roscoe Ates. Charles Collins also rates large type in all the announcements, but he is clearly outdone by the other two leads. Miss Stone probably owes some of her success to her place in the stepping family, but her singing and dancing are above average, and she has a determination to be good that comes out as a constant flow of energy and vivacity. Roscoe Ates, by matching his manner to his imbecilic look, pounds away with a good brand...
...that might jeopardize anyone's business or job, during the early 1930's the U. S. entertainment business entered upon a period of license equaled only in Europe. The films got broad and bare. Fan dancers, "nudist colonists" and other female exhibitionists were responsible for the gay success of world's fairs at Chicago, San Diego and Dallas. The fair girls vanished with the autumn and the Legion of Decency rectified the films. But burlesque in New York City suffered no brake except Commissioner Moss's warning and an occasional police raid when a show...
...department store and his love life at the dictates of the constellations. Both face a crisis when Dinwiddy learns from his astrologer (Andrew Tombes) that for the first time in 15 years his horoscope is right for a proposal of matrimony to his secretary. Myrtle Tweep (Marjorie Gateson). His success, from a planetary point of view, depends upon his bringing together before midnight, a pair of youthful lovers. Dinwiddy's attention settles on a cirl, Caroline Wilson (Eleanore Whitney) who, hiding in the honeymoon cottage in the furniture department when the store detective chases her for doughnut stealing...