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Fine Arts--"The Passion of Joan of Arc." The super-realistic treatment tends to become a bit tedious at times; well worth seeing, nevertheless. "Dle Privatsekretaerin." Pleasant German film...
...Wednesday morning an editorial on this page stated that Mr. Gill's "political goose was probably cooked." There is ample cause, in the light of the past two days, to regard such a statement as a bit hasty. It is true that Governor Ely and Commissioner Dillon may find it a trifle embarrassing to reinstate the Norfolk Head into good favor and to withdraw charges which once rang so auspiciously in streamer heads. But there is also this to consider. The legion of Mr. Gill's friends, even before the investigation, was very large. It has been treated...
...must also be admitted that the body of the victor is not too carefully drawn. The large muscle in the right armpit is unfortunately exaggerated, and both deltoids have not been given the treatment they deserve on a well-muscled body. The referee's body, too, is a bit out of proportion...
...talked with Colonel Lindbergh about ten minutes and I could tell he wouldn't do a thing like that. His knowledge of aviation and his value as a technical adviser was worth every nickel that he got. He would have been worth every bit of it even if he'd never flown in his life...
...private ends. In the first place, as an economic measure the bill's validity is practically nil, since the present number of foreign actors in the United States is surely not so enormous as to hinder the possible employment of local talent now out of work. Even as a bit of private weaseling the bill is pitifully transparent. On the one hand, it is a sop to the actors who insist that something must be done for domestic incompetents now out of jobs, and in its magnanimous provision that the presence of distinguished foreign artists in America will be tolerated...