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...unfortunate that the voyageurs are to travel in a commonplace Ford truck, and not, like Scaramouche, in a gaily painted wagon. So much, in these experiments, depends on the method of approach, that the loss in travelling time would be more than offset by the resultant gain in advertising, which could be achieved by having the comedian, in blackface, clashing cymbals from the roof of a purple-and-yellow moving van; as the caravan wound at an impressive pace through the countryside. Still, one can't have everything. For the present, Maine and New Hampshire will have to be content...
...book, as follows : Nanook of the North, Grandma's Boy, Blood and Sand, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Eternal Flame, Shadows, Oliver Twist, Robin Hood, Peg o' My Heart, When Knighthood Was in Flower, Driven, The Pilgrim, Down to the Sea in Ships, The Covered Wagon, Hollywood, Merry-Go-Round. These Mr. Sherwood adduces to show that the film industry can produce works of art. To each he gives a compact critical survey, a short recital of the plot and a description of the manner of its production that is perhaps the most interesting feature of each chapter...
Died. Eleonora Duse, 65, famed actress; at Pittsburgh, of pneumonia. Born in a wagon near Venice while her professional father and mother were on tour, she, "Light of the Roman Stage," died trouping. She was on her farewell tour of the U. S. She had been giving only two performances a week, but the rigors of the American Winter and the ubiquitous devotion which was pressed upon her, finally shattered her spent body. In Boston the Italians knelt in the streets to kiss her skirts...
...Harvard ought to provide a parking place for the students' care. As it is, they leave them on the street night after night, with no lights on, and it is a serious menace to the public. Anything from a fire engine to a milk wagon is liable to crash into one of these parked cars on a dark night." Such was the explanation given to a CRIMSON reporter by Captain Brennan of Police Station No 1, for the 16 summons that were served on students in one night recently, ordering them to appear in court next Wednesday...
...Covered Wagon is now being shown in the large theatres of 15 cities, and is producing between $40,000 and $50,000 weekly for the Famous Players The Ten Commandments is being shown in four cities, and in its fourth week produces about...