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...executing en route three magnificent bows which wring continuous mirth from the Commons. Black Rod, having arrived in front of the Speaker's Chair, informs the Speaker that "this honorable House" is commanded to attend His Majesty in the Senate. He departs. The Speaker, clad in knee-breeches, silk stockings, patent leather shoes complete with large silver buckles and wearing a sweeping black gown and large three-cornered hat, stands up, walks down the steps leading to his Chair and leads the surging Commons to the bar - of the Senate where he listens attentively to the Governor-General...
...rumored that members of foreign legations have been instructed to lay aside admiral's hats for this occasion and wear stocking caps. Report goes that the President will appear in simple semi-formal dress of close-fitting black tights, safely suspended by white silk suspenders. He will ride in the procession seated comfortably on top of a have wagon with pitchfork in one hand and brown derby in the other. In short, everything is to be as simple as possible...
...came to fame as the spokesman of cubism. His language wears silk. He has written innumerable essays upon such subjects as The Artist's Vision, Art and Socialism, Ancient American Art, Art and Life, Vision and Design. Young painters, students in England, France, the U.S., have hailed him as their prophet...
Dick Turpin. Tom Mix displays his values in the present film with the aid of silk breeches, boots and a feathered hat He plays the famed bandit who robbed to help the poor. Beside robbing, he fights barehanded with the Bristol Bully, makes love, sticks up a bishop. A sense of comedy assists materially. Many critics noted that Tom Mix is acquiring agility, more resilient than that of Douglas Fairbanks...
...Golden Bed. Cecil B. De Mille is the man who made the marble bath tub and the towering music room symbols of riches and society. Silk sheets and aquatic revels in the garden were his stock in trade. He became one of the conspicuous cinema cheaters of truth. He prospered. This one is about a bed with an ancient history and how its influence affected modern characters. It has specimen splendor of the De Mille method. It is about as tasty as painted candy...