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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Shriek of Araby. Although it ill becomes profound commentary to point with pride to the centripetal optics of Mr. Ben Turpin, it must be said that his present opus is sniffing at the heels of true Art. Mr. Turpin's burlesque places a permanent tombstone over the twin-Bedouin story of the desert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Jun. 18, 1923 | 6/18/1923 | See Source »

...dismal day. Even the sun balks at smiling on this puppets' college with its box dormitories set up about its crazy-quilt campus, and its infant incubators down by the river. There is symbolism in those twin chimneys of the capitalist power plant. Some day they will fall through the feeding troughs of Smith Halls as through egg-powder, and with them this whole idea-starved society will come crashing to the ground...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIME | 4/26/1923 | See Source »

...Siamese Twin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Siamese Twins | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

MINNESOTA: The Twin Cities are to have the first noiseless (roller-bearing) street cars in the world. They are to be installed in April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE STATES | 3/24/1923 | See Source »

Barnum Was Right.?Everything is explained when it is learned that John Meehan, who helped write and stage the play, used to be a director with George M. Cohan. The shrewd touch of that nasal genius is everywhere conspicuous. The twin wraiths of Seven Keys to Baldpate and The Tavern wander spectrally amongst the audience...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First Nights | 3/17/1923 | See Source »

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