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...next 22 years he struggled manfully in the clothing business at Oshkosh, Wis., managed to save up $2,500, In 1906, when he was 39, encouraged by an advertising man named Robert Cochrane, he opened a Chicago nickelodeon called The White Front. Six months later, he had a string of them and his own film exchange. From 1909 to 1914, Laemmle and his famed Independent Motion Pictures Co. ("IMP") fought the patents company which then threatened to get control of the industry...
...scalps hanging from a burdened belt, a string of broken records left in its wake, the Harvard team has reached an enviable standing. Yale as usual, has an unbeaten team. But Coach Ulen's corps may pull the bulldog's tusks out this time and cheerfully demolish the good-luck charm which has hung around his leathery neck during the past 150 meets...
...rose further, and now average nearly $14. Homestake's per share earnings went up from $2.23 in 1926 to $9.94 in 1932, $19.94 in 1933, $28.29 in 1934. Last year they jumped again to $32.43 per share. Dividends have swelled from the $7 paid in 1929 to the string of monthly and extra payments that last year footed up to $56 for each & every one of Homestake's 251,160 shares...
...none the less her dignity in this picture is dropped from the grand tragedienne level. Comedy is throughout the sustaining force. From the point at the beginning where Adventuress Dietrich bumps together the heads of a jeweller and a psychiatrist, in order to get away with a gorgeous string of stolen pearls, to the point at the end where those same two dupes are joyful witnesses at the wedding, the atmosphere is charged with worldly, debonair mirth. But don't get the idea that there's anything namby-pamby or arty about this picture. Gary Cooper is a sturdy automobile...
...seventeen men who can be be selected as first string this year, Harvard loses nine as against five graduated from last year's squad. The four Senior forwards, Captain Freddy Moseley of the first line, and Dewey, Hovenanian and Hallowell, alone possess as much attacking power as most any of the teams faced this year. The three defense men, Jim Roberts, Dick Claflin, and Thorny Brown, could have substituted for any in the league. And the two goalies, Ash Emerson and Bob Waldinger, are worthy of any varsity. Leo Ecker, whose severe leg fracture is apparently healing well, will join...