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"BRRRR! Does the beautiful blonde with the blue eyes in Chicago wish to continue the discussion of things literary with the dark-haired man motoring to the Arctic Circle? Say yes, please. Will be in Windy City with trunkful of icicles October 11th. "THAW MAN."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Personals | 12/4/1933 | See Source »

Lily (5) was one of the first ladies in San Francisco to try the advantages of a peroxide bleach. Her husband objected, so as a woman of spirit she shaved her head and ordered a trunkful of wigs, red, green, blue, one to match each of her gowns. Her husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Lily the Vamp | 10/9/1933 | See Source »

When Duveen first denounced the Hahn Belle, Mme Harm's husband was a Kansas City auto salesman anxious to help but untutored in the art of expertizing paintings. Last week, while Lord Duveen in his scarlet cloak and cocked hat entered the House of Lords to bow three times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Lapis Lazuli & Kermes Berry | 6/26/1933 | See Source »

The atmosphere which one detects in "Zoo in Budapest," is not wholly a matter of mise-en-scene and photography. In the delightful zoo where a humorous elephant squirts a trunkful of water over a handsomely malignant tiger, and serene swans float by in the twilight, the influence of Rene...

Author: By M. F. E., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 6/16/1933 | See Source »

Banker Morgan's inquisitor was swarthy Lawyer Ferdinand Pecora, counsel for the Committee. At his side, prompting him continuously, was his own chief counsel, courtly, white-crowned John William Davis, onetime Democratic nominee for President. Ranged about the room were various of the 20 Morgan partners, Thomas W. Lamont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Biggest Show | 5/29/1933 | See Source »

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