Memos of a Theatergoer on Critics Through History
A survey of critics and backlash from 18th to 20th century theatre. Amel ia Bingham and the American Playgoers counter critique bias at the Astor in 1906. Battles over libel, censorship, and the role of critics weave through England France and America.
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American Playgoers
Hotel Astor
Amelia Bingham
Playwrights’ Co
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Binghams
Acton Davies
Hoffman House
Broun criticized for vulgarity in 1917 review and critics in Congress
The 1917 incident shows Heywood Broun mocked for crude lines about male and female playwrights. F. P. A. proposed edits, Broun joked about editors. The piece recalls Rome’s automatic dramatic critic idea and 1932 Congress grilling of critics led by Rep Sirovich who labeled critics as mountebanks and shysters.
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Hearst
Variety
Heywood Broun
Broun
Rep. Sirovich
Congress
Cowboy recovers hat by lasso after gust whisks it away
In Fort Worth a 32 year old cowboy Louis Powers, a rodeo contestant, was struck by a gust that blew his 3x beaver hat to a third floor ledge. He retrieved it with a lariat from his hotel and walked away without addressing the crowd.
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Wild West Worth Worth
Tex
Louis Powers
Fort Worth
Powers
Joan Crawford's Fighting Spirit Wins Oscar Praise
Hollywood cheered as Joan Crawford was named best actress by the Academy, celebrated for a career from Broadway shows to postwar glamour. The profile traces her rise, marriages, and fierce drive to master the film business, highlighting her award as a reward for perseverance and resilience.
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Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Joan Alway
Joan
Broadway
Kansas City
Montmarte
Tone
Phil Terry
Mildred Pierce
More Shirts And Shorts Expected In Stores Soon
New textile price policy by the OPA may bring more shirts shorts and other cotton goods to shelves. Cotton mill owners doubt full optimism but warn production hinges on curbing raw cotton speculation. Retailers expect faster output and Gordon K Creighton of the National Retail Dry Goods Association calls the ceiling a step in the right direction.
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New York
OPA
N. Y. Journal of Commerce
The
Journal of Commerce
Gordon K. Ccreighton
National Retail Dry Goods Association
CPA
the Journal of Commerce
Billion-Dollar Farm Fixture Spending Expected by 1950
New York report says farmers served by electricity will spend about 1.057 billion dollars by 1950 on improvements including showers tile baths and new plumbing fixtures. D P Forst, chairs Council committee, notes major buying of electric milking machines motors chick brooders cream separators and household appliances.
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New York
Johnnie
Thle Council of America
D. P. Forst
Forst
Abbott And Costello End One of Hottest Feuds
Hollywood notes report Bud Abbott and Lou Costello reconciled after a summer feud. They return to work with a new act shifting from Who's on First to real character roles in The Ghost Steps Out. The pair cites revived box office and mutual respect as they resume collaboration.
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Abbott and Costello
Hollywood
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Lou
Bud
Mak
Bob Young Becomes His Own Film Boss in Hollywood
Hollywood star Robert Young announces a new freelance phase after leaving MGM. He plans multiple projects through June with Twentieth Century Fox and RKO, including Claudia and David, and desires a vacation, while noting family life with wife Betty and four daughters.
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Bob Young
Hollywood
Robert Young
Bob
M-E-M
Sylvia Sidney
Hal Wallis
Twentieth Century-Fox
RKO
Fox
Claudia
Dorothy McGuire
David
Miss McGuire
Dorothy
Filmland
Betty
Churchill Russia debate slows British loan decision in Congress
Washington reports that Churchill's hard line on Russia complicates Congress's vote on the 3.75 billion dollar British loan as lawmakers weigh Anglo American unity against Moscow distrust. The House debates the state department budget and a 25 million dollar cultural relations program amid broader foreign policy clashes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Winston Churchill
Russia
Congress
Britain
United States
State Department
Department
House Foreign Affairs Committee
New International Bank
No Coal Strike Seen Likely This Spring
Washington officials express cautious optimism that a coal strike this spring may be avoided. John L. Lewis and mine operators are viewed as capable of settling differences, despite AFL CIO tensions over wage outcomes and union roles.
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Washington
Labor Department
John L. Lewis
John L
AFL
CIO
Silk stock in flood of Japanese supply heads to bid sales
Washington reports enough silk to make 200 million pairs of stockings will soon depart Japan. The government plans bid sales with no ceiling, raising fears that luxury manufacturers will seize the supply for high end items and sky high prices.
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Washington
Japan
Tax Bill Hurdles in Election Year Moves
In Washington during an election year, key Ways and Means members indicate Congress will delay tax cut legislation until after the November elections, despite President Truman’s stance that tax cuts are unaffordable. The committee must approve all tax bills, and its busy schedule suggests possible longer delays.
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Internal Revenue
Washington
House
Truman
Ways and Means Committee
South African Aviators Seek British Aircraft Preference
A. E. P. Robinson, president of the South African commercial aviation association, cautions against rushing to buy American aircraft and predicts British machines will be on the market within a year. In Washington, the Civil Aeronautics Administration weighs relaxing private pilot training rules to allow licensed pilots to instruct friends, with final admission decision left to an instructor.
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Johannesburg
A. E. P. Robinson
South African Commercial Aviation Association
South Africa
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Government ships go on sale as markets open world tonnage
Government owned ships worth about 17 billion dollars, representing roughly half the world tonnage, are now for sale with Americans given first opportunity after markets were left open by other nations. The sale aims to boost American operator access to vessel capacity amid global shipping shifts.
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Washington
Blow at Reorganization Washington
House leaders say members refusal to vote themselves pensions is a serious blow to plans to reorganize Congress. They viewed the pension provision as the best part of the deal for lawmakers and doubt they will support the rest of the package.
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Washington
House
Congress
Senate panel to push draft extension to July first
The Senate Military Affairs Committee will prioritize extending the draft from May 15 to July 1. Army witnesses urge a longer extension, up to 18 months, while administration supporters favor the short term as likely successful. Naval reserve officers may be out of uniform by July 1 due to budget limits, and Marines could be withdrawn from China.
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Army and Navy
Washington
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Naval Reserve
Navy
China
Mexicans Abroad Committee Warns of Cotton Strike
The committee to help Mexicans abroad CAPS predicts a strike by Mexican cotton pickers in Texas and California unless their wages are raised. The group says Mexican and Negro pickers earn 50 cents per hour while others are paid more.
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Mexico City
Committee To Help
CAPS
Texas
California
Rose Expected To Take Seat Next Monday
Ottawa reports Fred Rose the communist member of parliament released on bail in Montreal is set to return to the house when it reconvenes. Prime Minister King will present a fuller statement on the spy case and MPs may seek to suspend his privileges until innocence or guilt is proven.
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Ottawa
Fred Rose
House of Common
W L. MacKenzie King
Rose
Montreal
Parliamen
King
Robert Taschereau
R. L. Kellock
Supreme Court of Canada
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Levant
William Prynne
Shuberts
Garrick
London
Cruary Lane
A. B. Walkley
London Times
Henry Arthur Jones
White
Julia
Walkley
Jones
Times
Rymer
Pope
Hazlitt
Cambridge
N. Main St
Main St
Rome
Signor
Eugene Jano
George Jean Nathan
Winchell
Congressional Committee
Robert
Mirror) Coleman
Harry Hershfield
Sirovich
Shaddap
State Theatre
Salem Street
Thomasville
Jess Barker
Scotland Yard
Erich von Strheim
Desert Phantom
Johnny Mack Brown
Allan Lane
Song OF Arizona
Roy Rogers
Spencer
Van
Air Corps
Phyllis Thaxter
Shangrila
Tokyo
Carolina
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Doug
Letty Lynton
Franchot
Stani Slavsky
Moscow Art Theater
Norma Shearer
Greta Garbo
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hollywo
Ken Murray
Victor Gunson
David Selznick
M-G-M
Jesuit
Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Patrick J. Hurley
Pat
Robert E. Hannegan
Edwin W. Pauley
Hannegan
Capital
Civilian Production Administration
Veterans Administration
Orient
National War College
Army
Marine
Edith Nourse Rogers
R-Mass
Sheffield
John Hynd
Germany
Austria
Leber
Walnut ST. Phila
ALL Star
High Point Junior Service League
Senoir High School
Sartin Dry Cleaning CO
Stre Phone
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