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...first impression of many a newsreader last week was that poor little Shirley Temple was fried to a crisp; that Madeleine Carroll was dead-not by the bullet of a rival spy, but by incineration; that nothing was left of Leo Carrillo but his accent; that Alice Brady, Virginia Bruce, Miriam Hopkins, Richard Dix. June Lang and Oliver Hardy were not much better than ingredients in a huge Thanksgiving Barbecue. In the press, pictures of these notables were accompanied by such headlines as FOREST FIRES RAZE FILM COLONY HOMES, and FLAMES WRECK HOMES OF STARS; TOWNS IN PERIL...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Hollywood Holocaust | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

...saved for such a special occasion. It made a terrific noise, exciting the other three and driving the creature out of his haunt towards a bedroom. At once there was mass armament--pokers, squash racquets, and hammers were grabbed; one roommate, who went by the name of Bruce, rolled his trousers for protection. After a hasty tactical conference they attacked the bedroom, closing the door afterwards so their would be no egress. Three dropped to their kness; the fourth ascended a chair to observe. Desk, bookcase, rug, mattress were examined. No prey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

Then, the one with the rolled-up trousers, Bruce, had an idea. "Open the door," he said, "and we'll get it as it goes out." All of them gathered around the door and posed. "Ready?" asked Bruce. They nodded. The door opened, and lo and behold! the mouse was on the threshold peeking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crime | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

...Judges of the $250,000 Movie Quiz Contest, announced last week: New York's Representative Bruce Barton, Boy Scout Leader James E. West, Tennist Helen Wills Moody, Author Hendrik Willem van Loon, Mrs. Ogden Reid, vice president of the New York Herald Tribune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Shorts: Nov. 28, 1938 | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

Charles A. Meyer '39, Chairman, William W. Myrick '39, Secretary-Treasurer, Joseph R. Coolidge '38, Bruce Foster '39, Vinton Freedley, Jr., '40, William H. Glazier '39, Perry Keats '39, Benjamin B. Kirkland '39, John T. McCutcheon, Jr., '39, Augustus W. Soule, Jr. '40, Terry D. Thompson '40, David W. Prall, associate professor of Philosophy, Charles J. Olson assistant in English...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FILM SOCIETY SHOWS "FOUR HORSEMEN" TODAY | 11/28/1938 | See Source »

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