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...this century has a presidential campaign so severely tested the talent and originality of political cartoonists as the contest between Herbert Clark Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Even the best of the craft have had a hard time getting its essence down in black & white, while those below the best have sunk to new depths of routine caricature...
...custom of Professor Baker to put on only plays written by his students. And although he lacked an adequate theater, he was nevertheless able to produce his plays successfully. Many a young playwright had the satisfaction of seeing his piece staged by the talent of Mr. Baker. Nor was it unusual for New York managers to buy a particularly good play...
...hour before the curtain goes up he sits alone in his dressing room and reviews his script to recapture the spirit of his lines. Once on stage he never gives a second-race performance, because his part has such stature that it groups him and brigs out the best talent that he possesses...
...units (Manhattan as one unit, Washington, Richmond, Baltimore as the others) or $700 a page for entire coverage. Such a compendium might be very sad were it not for the fact that Harry Evans writes most of the copy. It is a one-man magazine. He has a tremendous talent for making people like him, and among those who do are most of the nation's electric-lit names. He works hard and circulates fast, so that readers of The Family Circle are let in on what Lupe Velez said to Johnny Weissmuller when she wanted...
...increased his stake in the entertainment business by forming an Amalgamated Broadcasting System, Inc., with offices in Manhattan. Its main purpose is to sell programs to advertising agencies and stations. Producer Arthur Hopkins (What Price Glory?, Paris Bound, Burlesque, The Jest) is associated with him, will obtain theatrical talent. Ota Gygi, a violinist, will handle the musical end. At the outset the company had $1,000,000 of business in hand but would reveal the names of no clients except The Texas Co. Both Mr. Wynn and Mr. Hopkins will continue their other theatrical work...