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Interviewed by reporters, would-be-dancing-murderess Manzano admitted the plot, gave love for Bomber Balda as a reason for her implication, denied that Mother Concepcion had attended meetings. Said Balda, in exoneration of the clergy, "I alone am responsible for my actions." Toral hinted that he had been inspired, but not incited, by the nun. Mother Concepcion, herself, explained that four years ago cruel laws had driven her from her convent, and that her house had become a centre where people liked to gather for spiritual consolation, denied that she had ever counselled violence, threw open her blue prison...
When his Manhattan plot was sold, in 1927, Buyer Anthony Campagna said: "I would have paid $100,000 more for the property if it had had no house...
...Straton dropped 29 members of his congregation for an alleged "plot" to oust him. Returning from Europe he cast calumny on its capitals and said: "The high society girl is the lowest thing on earth...
Three prompters, prim and sarcastic, told the audience how ridiculous was the plot. Half a dozen ballet dancers sat in the audience and mocked. Directors, stage managers and scene shifters scuttled about the stage, instructing the singers in their parts. Bastienne was played as a brusque queen, Bastien a flopping weakling, the old man a dolt...
...News. After 15 minutes of nonsense on the antics of news reel camera-grinders, including some scrambling on the head of a fake Statue of Liberty, Hot News becomes hilarious and develops a plot. There is a Maharajah, who has never been photographed. Miss Pat Clancy (Bebe Daniels*) and her cocky rival, Scoop Morgan, set out to film the Maharajah. Disguised as entertainers, they are admitted to a country estate where he is sojourning. They put on a dance which is really a fight for a camera crank, with Miss Pat kicking, biting, and wrapping her legs about the neck...