Word: thea
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Emma wants a knight on a white horse, gets the florist's assistant next door. Thea wants riches, gets the local business man, who owns a big car and is a pain in the neck. Kay wants fame, gets a spot on a radio hour. Ann wants fun and laughter, gets nothing but trouble...
...many members of the crowd had brought firearms. Up bustled local Communist Boss Maurice Honel of the arrondissement, showing the police his card as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, demanding: "You must permit the citizens of Clichy to form a procession to demonstrate in front of this thea tre!" Keeping steady, the police commander refused him such permission. At this, citizens of Clichy began flinging paving stones, empty bottles and a little fierce rioting began with brawny wenches active in baiting police to "strike a woman." By now the crowd was swelling to an ultimate...
...board their plane were three paying passengers - two bankers and famed German Aviatrix Thea Rasche. Turner reached Athens an hour after the Dutch entry, complained of a splitting headache. Speeding non-stop from England, the Mollisons leaped sensationally into first place when they swooped into Bagdad, first control point, hours ahead of the field. There Amy kept Irak officials waiting while she took a hot bath, her husband waiting while she made a little speech. Hardly had the dust of the departing Mollisons settled on the Bagdad field when in dropped a second British plane, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Charles...
Brilliant, morbid and exciting, M is based on the Düsseldorf child murders of 1929 (the perpetrator of which, Butcher Kuerten, was executed). It was written, like most of Director Lang's productions, by his wife. Thea von Harbou. It is all in German, with fairly adequate English subtitles superimposed. Peter Lorre distinguishes himself in a magnificent cast by his haunting performance as the murderer. Good shot: the pudgy young man after seeing himself described as a maniac, peering into a mirror and stretching his mouth to see if he looks crazy...
...organization, with its own clubhouse, rehearsal halls and classrooms. A huge chorus would be formed. Young artists could get auditions, musicians find permanent employment. Offering all the advantages of a musical club, this Goldman Band Association of America will campaign, as did Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Thea- tre, for 100,000 persons who will pay into its fund a modest $1 per year...