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...more than correct, he is slightly embarrassed, but they begin I correspondence which ends in a meeting on his next leave. They spend one night together. The lieutenant thinks Mitsou's letters are better than Mitsou, is glad to leave her, pretends he will come back. He is fond of her, she is in love with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Parisian Idyll | 7/7/1930 | See Source »

...Author. Jean Cocteau lives in Paris where he likes to play at being an habitual invalid, draw a little, used to mix drinks for himself and friends in his own saloon. Le Boeuf sur le Toit. Not long ago, his fancy led him to embrace Catholicism. He is also fond of having his ascetic hands photographed as he lies in bed. Other works: Grand Ecart, Thomas the Impostor, A Call to Order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cocteau Children | 7/7/1930 | See Source »

...been many but whose one and only avocation is Ravinia. President Eckstein ("president" is the title he gives himself for managing and financing an opera company) was born 65 years ago in Milwaukee, attended public school and a business college run by Robert C. Spencer of handwriting renown. Passionately fond of music, he studied the violin, never became particularly expert, never considered making music his profession. His first job was with the Wisconsin Central R. R. for which he became passenger traffic manager while still in his 20's. At that point he turned his back on railroading, entered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Ravinia | 6/30/1930 | See Source »

...There can be no doubt that one or more portraits of Ethan were made. He was an astute publicity man and particularly fond of making an impression, wear ing bright uniforms, saying and doing dashing things. He lived in the age of the journeyman painter who rode from door to door with canvases on which the body was already painted so that only the head needed to be added. There must have been a picture of Ethan. It is probably still in existence, hidden away in some obscure attic or barn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Wanted: Ethan Allen | 6/23/1930 | See Source »

...voices and sounds into his production. No detail was considered too minute for meticulous attention. Hughes himself is a licensed pilot able to perform almost every stunt for which he paid his flyers. He drives a motor car fast but keeps paint on his mudguards. He is fond of golf and Cinemactress Billie Dove, who recently acquired a nickel-plated Rolls-Royce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hell's Angels | 6/9/1930 | See Source »

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