Word: viii
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...LAUGHTON. British actor (The Private Life of Henry VIII, Rembrandt), has all his earnings in Hollywood assigned to his British holding company which pays him a salary of $20,000 a year. His earnings were some $190,000 in 1935 and although his British holding company paid a tax to the U. S. he had a considerable tax saving. Said Mr. Irey: "The conduct of Mr. Laughton in this instance may be perfectly legal. The case however is cited as another illustration...
...MAGIC OF MONARCHY-Kingsley Martin-Knopf ($1.25). "What was really behind the abdication" of Edward VIII; a lucid, 125-page explanation tracing the last century's British opinion about the Monarchy, by the editor of the liberal New Statesman and Nation...
...Circumstance," MarchElgar *"In the Spring," Overture Goldmark *Liebestraum Liszt-Herbert *"By the Beautiful Blue Danube," Waltzes Strauss *Hungarian Dances, No. 5 and No. 6 Brahms *Overture to "William Tell" Rossini Framingham State Teachers College Glee Club (with orchestra) *"Maytime," Selection Romberg *Mosquito Dance White *Torch Dance from "Henry VIII" German *Selections checked (*) are available on records at Briggs & Briggs Music Store, Harvard Square...
...were 1,500 works by 1,000 British artists. As a Coronation gesture the Central Hall was given over to official portraits of British kings from the Academy's first Royal patron George III by Sir Joshua Reynolds to George VI, with the screamingly noticeable exception of Edward VIII. The official portrait of George VI was by Simon Elwes, painted in the gaudy full-dress uniform of the 11th Hussars, called "Cherry Pickers" for their tight crimson breeches...
...vote of the U. S. Merchant Tailor Designers Association, the title of "World's Best Dressed Man" was transferred from ex-King Edward VIII to George...