Warfield and Loew rise from a bungled apartment to Hollywood moguls
The article traces David Warfield’s failed management of a New York apartment and his influence on William Fox Loew later known as Loew, Inc. The partnership transformed Warfield into a wealthy star and Loew into a leading cinematic and theatrical magnate. It notes Warfield’s arrival in Philadelphia, aviator Casey Jones, and the broader rise of Loew’s theater empire spanning California to Egypt and producing Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer and Cosmopolitan pictures.
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Ade Tells How Flappers of Fifty Years Ago Outshone Today
George Ade, Hoosier bachelor, argues in Hearst's Cosmopolitan that the "mushy seventies" outflanked modern youth. He recalls flappers and sheiks of the era with hoop skirts, chignons, and elaborate dress, contrasting Victorian manners with today’s youth and calling for a harsher realism.
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