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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Henry Ford beamed with health & optimism, last week, as they landed at Manhattan, returning from England, where they recently took tea with Britain's King & Queen (TIME, April 23). Though Motor Man Ford wore a quiet blue suit when he landed, his exuberance was betrayed by a cravat of lavender and mottled green. Cried he: "I'm cocksure about the future of American business. . . . The Presidential election has nothing to do with it! ... Business will keep on being good through the summer and fall. . . . Yes, sir, I am cocksure about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comings & Goings: May 21, 1928 | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...Night of Mystery. Those who knew Adolphe Menjou when he was a waiter in a Cleveland chop house were not surprised when the movies "discovered" him. He was the suavest man that ever picked up a 25¢ tip. His way of wearing a cigaret or a dress suit brought him almost instant cinema fame. Two years ago, his entertainment was impeccable. Since then his expression has taken on a tired, wooden, what-does-it-matter manner. In his latest film, A Night of Mystery, adapted from Victorien Sardou's Ferreol, he puts on the silken cloak of a gallant French...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures May 21, 1928 | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

...only three times: once to be sworn in, once to handshake Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden, once to be photographed at his desk. Mayor Thompson spends most of his time, in short-sleeved shirt, with cigar in mouth, surrounded by spittoons, henchmen and pictures of himself, in a "suit" of rooms at Chicago's Hotel Sherman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Mayor | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

...Commander-in-Chief of Canada's expeditionary force in France (1917-19), now the august Principal of famed McGill University, Montreal. Sir Arthur's eyes brimmed with tears of relief and triumph because he had just wiped a nasty smudge from his honor by winning a libel suit which has been reported in Canadian papers at Peaches-Browningesque length for many a week (TIME, March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: 1% Verdict | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

Since that time Ziggy has produced a new edition of The Follies every year as well as an enormous number of variegated musical shows, each devised, with unerring accuracy, to suit the taste of the season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Ziggy | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

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