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Died. Smith Wildman Brookhart, 75, chunky, teetotaling, tobacco-shunning, onetime Republican Senator from Iowa, Farm Bloc regular, Soldier Bonus plugger, expert rifleman and early advocate of recognizing Russia; in Prescott, Arizona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 27, 1944 | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

...Howard Wildman has saved 5,000 man-hours per year by an improved method of machining delicate parts for naval instruments, has also simplified the machinery so that rejects are now down to a new low of 2%. Award...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Inside Know-How | 11/30/1942 | See Source »

...WILDMAN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 10, 1941 | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...years exhibitors-especially independents-have objected. In 1927 Iowa's Smith Wildman Brookhart introduced the Senate's first anti-block booking bill. Last of 17 successors-none of which passed-was the third Neely Bill. Movie lobbyists kept it at bay until 1939, when the Senate jammed it through in two days. Hollywood lobbyists quaked when Sam Rayburn, Democratic House leader, objected to Frank Capra's biting Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, blurted, "It won't do the movies any good." Nevertheless they stopped the Neely Bill in the House...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOW BUSINESS: Consent Decree | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

...experiment with unusual plays. Typical is The Play Room Club, sponsored by Maxwell Anderson, Brock Pemberton et al. Planning to present five plays throughout the season, admitting only members and their guests, the club last week led off with The Infernal Machine by Jean Cocteau, adapted by Carl Wildman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Cocteau's Oedipus | 12/20/1937 | See Source »

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