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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...goddess of pearl rising from the dark blue of an Aegean wave is Constance Talmadge, but a distracted flippant Venus left over from a past, an extravagantly rococo period of the cinema. Action of this silent picture hinges on a report, visibly confirmed, that Miss Talmadge has entertained a yachting party by riding nude on a surfboard off the island of Cyprus. When the captain of the yacht accidentally kills instead of merely reproving a nasty fellow who made remarks about her, Miss Talmadge discharges him. Later, finding out why he did it, she demonstrates effectively how sorry she feels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 28, 1929 | 10/28/1929 | See Source »

...Kippur (Day of Atonement), Jewish holiday, vigil of fasting and repentance. Oct. 15-Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes leaves New York on yacht lamara for two-month European cruise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming: Oct. 14, 1929 | 10/14/1929 | See Source »

...biggest privately owned yacht in the world is the Orion, 333 ft. long and 46 ½ ft. wide. Last week it arrived in the U. S. from the builder's yards at Kiel on its first trip; on board was Owner Julius Forstmann, textile tycoon of Passaic, N. J. The Orion is a white ship, one-funnelled, 3,096 tons, 1,800 h. p. (twin Diesels), with a crew of 54 officers and men (including a purser, a doctor). She cruised to the U. S. from Kiel via the Barbados and Havana. This autumn Yachtsman Forstmann will take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport Notes, Sep. 30, 1929 | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

Julius Forstmann, textile tycoon of Passaic, N. J., steamed into New York harbor on the world's largest, costliest yacht ($2,000,000), his new Orion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 30, 1929 | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., president of General Motors Corp., watched his new million-dollar yacht, Rene, slide into the water at Wilmington, Del. Rene is the diminutive of Mrs. Sloan's name (Irene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 30, 1929 | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

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