The Duke Enters Southampton Summer Home in Storm
A jobless twenty three year old youth named Barry Gilbert slips into an unoccupied Southampton summer home to escape a deluge. He recalls his father dying in China six years earlier and learns the owner’s servants expect the unseen son Jack Ridder, prompting Gilbert to bluff his stay.
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China
Barry Gilbert
States
Willetts
Evans
Jack Ridder
Mrs. Mulligan
Cook
Annie Jeffers
Annie
Mr. Ridder
Mr. Evans
Madam
Germany
Evan
Duke on the Run Meets a Mysterious Woman in a Roadside Ride
The Duke and Evans escort Lady Mulligan’s household back to a New York area estate. A storm, a burned letter, and a sudden car ride reveal secrets about the Duke’s past and a captivating mysterious woman who seems to erase him from the landscape. The scene ends with car trouble and a tense exchange over an ignition problem.
Window Washer Turns Out to Be a Thug
Frances Walton tells how, in 1919 New York, a hired window washer and two accomplices tied her in a cellar during a home robbery. They made off with valuables, but police caught the trio. none of the heirlooms were recovered.
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Frances
G—Wnd Bervica
West Ireland's Rich Heritage and Island Lore
West Ireland thrives in literary fame with Aran Islands famed for Gaelic life and John Synge’s writings. The rugged coast features Minestone slabs and curraghs used to traverse the Atlantic. North lies Sligo with Yeats born there and Benbulbin tied to Diarmuid Grania legends.
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West Ireland
Galway, Bay
Aran Islands
John M. Synge
Hve
Ireland
Europe
Los Angeles Times
Synge
Aran
Sligo
William Butler Yeats
Knocknarea
Benbulbin
Diarmuid
Grania
Tara
Tenants in New York City Pay Under Twenty Dollars
The city reports 1,854,205 NYC families pay rent, about 78 percent of residents. Of these, 55,268 families in Manhattan pay under $20 monthly, and 8,020 families citywide fall into this category across all boroughs.
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New York City
Manhattan
Hollywood Stars Jump From Planes And Blonde To Brown
In Hollywood gossip and industry notes, executives abandon flying for trains to avoid risk, publicist Howard Diets bets on a bridge win, and actresses like Jean Harlow Carole Lombard Alice Faye and Joan Bennett shift hair color for serious roles. Marlon Tateley and others reshape careers, Major Bowes tours mix novelty acts, Frank Parker eyes new film work, and Bette Davis earns frank headlines while Shirley Temple negotiates raises as studios pursue Boyer and color reissues.
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New York
Metro
Howard Diets
Jean Harlow
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Frank
Bette Davis
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