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Down on all fours in London last week went Japan's chief delegate to the Naval Conference, Mr. Reijiro Wakatsuki (pronounced "Wakatsky"). With a little brush he deftly painted on a long white scroll his report to the Son of Heaven, the Sublime Emperor Hirohito of Japan, 124th lineal descendant of Sun Goddess Amaterasu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: The End | 5/5/1930 | See Source »

...fact that Japan's Emperor is regarded as divine, Champion Wakatsuki might well have painted himself in proud, self-puffing terms. Instead the little brush humbly painted that Japan's chief delegate "due to my inadequate abilities" obtained at London "regrettably insufficient results...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: The End | 5/5/1930 | See Source »

...exhibition of 40 Chinese paintings and drawings, the productions of Teng Kwei 1G, noted artist, who has used the finger method as well as the brush method in his works of art, is being held at the Twentieth Century Club, on Jey Street in Boston. The showing will last until...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GROUP OF CHINESE DRAWINGS NOW BEING SHOWN IN BOSTON | 4/30/1930 | See Source »

...current Hollywood standards, the more or less chronic inebriation of Toby McLean is truly restrained; by the standards of actuality, contrary to all accepted belief, it is somewhat less so. But so far as actuality goes, Foster on the screen has an inestimable advantage over the character in Katharine Brush's best seller: he is flesh & blood; and so, with more decorative effect, is Claudette Colbert as the heroine. Their easy, natural playing brings the brittle characters to life, gets the most out of the glib, skillful, and rather shallow little story about a newsman who quarrelled with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 28, 1930 | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

...friends Jacob Loeb and Nathaniel King. New directors included: Harley Clarke (new Fox chief), Matthew C. Brush of American International; Charles B. Stuart, brother of Harry Stuart (Halsey, Stuart & Co.). John Edward Otterson (for American Telephone & Telegraph) was not included...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Fox Plan | 4/28/1930 | See Source »

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