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In Milan, Director Vittorio De Sica was "astounded." To Joseph Burstyn, the film's U.S. distributor, he cabled: "Picture circulates successfully whole world including England without ever meeting similar demands. As to girls' house scene, critics everywhere have stressed the delicate way same is conducted ... As to [the...
In his latest triumph Button introduced two intricate series of jumps off one foot, thought to be the fastest movements a human can make. With six as the best possible mark, he never failed to score 5.7 in his "free" events. Judge Harry Meistrup gave him the only perfect performance...
Judge Harry Meistrup of Denmark gave Button a perfect score on execution, the only perfect mark of the competition.
Skilled Hand. Mr. Ellis is Canada's closest approach to an official executioner. Legally, when a death sentence has been passed, the execution is the job of the county sheriff, but most sheriffs prefer the help of a skilled hand. They telegraph to the sheriff of York County, Ont., one of the few Canadians who knows Ellis' real name. A reservation is made for his services and Hangman Ellis slips quietly into the appointed town a day before the hanging is to take place...
Like the strains of a waltz from old St. Petersburg, the dollar bonds of Czar Nicholas II's Russian Imperial Government have been haunting Wall Street for more than 30 years. At the time of the Czar's execution in 1918 some 75,000 of the bonds, each...