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Bette Davis sued the New York Central and the Pullman Co. for $2,000, charged they had lost a trunkful of her clothes in or around Chicago.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Aug. 16, 1943 | 8/16/1943 | See Source »

Although Dumbo offers no startling innovations in animated cartooning, it is probably Disney's best all-round picture to date. Though it lacks the bomb-burst novelty of Snow White, its craftsmanship is far beyond that memorable fairy tale's. Seldom has Disney articulated his characters so aptly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Oct. 27, 1941 | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

Low-church Anglicans call high churchmen "spikes" (for their sharp, uncompromising churchmanship). Under the "merry monks"-as the low-church Episcopal Chronicle called them-St. Mary's became one of the great spike churches of the U. S. It used quantities of incense and holy water, burned vigil lamps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Monks of St. Mary | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

As a Good Neighborly gesture, Dictator Batista was invited by his counterpart in name only, U. S. Chief of Staff Malin Craig, to attend last week's celebration of Armistice Day at Arlington National Cemetery. Boss Batista eagerly left Cuba for the first time in his 37 years, turned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CABINET: Wrinkle Remover | 11/21/1938 | See Source »

Four's A Crowd (Warner Bros.) includes a trunkful of characters now fashionable in screen comedies: a madcap millionaire (Walter Connolly) with a passion for toy trains; his lovely granddaughter (Olivia de Havilland), so bored with mercenary suitors that she longs to meet a man who hates her; a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Aug. 22, 1938 | 8/22/1938 | See Source »

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