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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Maria Magdalene Sieber, better known as Marlene Dietrich, cast her first vote as a U. S. citizen in Beverly Hills, Calif. Asked how she voted on Ham & Eggs, Marlene said: "When I became a citizen they told me my vote was sacred-and for that reason I don't want to tell how I voted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 20, 1939 | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...which listens to the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra on Sunday afternoons, CBS last month tried out a program called The Pursuit of Happiness. For this show, a half-hour of not-too-spangly Americana designed to balance the ugly weight of war news, it collected a star-spangled cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Bravos | 11/20/1939 | See Source »

...Largo" is a play with an axe to grind. Plot and cast are subordinate to the grinding. So is the entertainment value. But with such men as McClintic, Mielziner, and Muni at the helm of the production, the element of entertainment is far from gone. McClintic and Mielziner are up to standard,--that is praise enough. As for Paul Muni, he's been sun-bathing out in the wilderness of California far too long. He belongs on the stage. He belongs in front of an audience he can feel and which in turn can feel the dynamite of his personality...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: The Playgoer | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

...Otto L. Preminger) who-to go easy on him-steals, lies, blackmails, double-crosses and is all ready for murder. It requires, indeed, a whole act to take inventory of his villainies and when, at the end of the act, he is found dead, practically everybody in the cast has a dozen splendid reasons for being glad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 13, 1939 | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

...contributor who signed his name "Angus" suggested light-weight chimes (which cost less) instead of heavy, cast bells. One who called himself "Banker" urged Nancy to hasten, lest inflation raise the cost of the tower. Alarmed, Nancy's donors redoubled their efforts. By last month she had raised $27,700, still needed around $20,000 more. One morning "Banker" came in person to her office, offered to lend her the rest without interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Bells for Nancy | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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