Pulitzer Awards Row Reveals Drama and Novel Contention
New York May 5 1940 critics debate Pulitzer prizes as the drama award goes to Sherwood's Idiot's Delight and Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis draws mixed reviews. The ceremony at Columbia University highlights tension between American life portrayal and literary form with reactions from Maxwell Anderson and others.
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New York
Robert E. Sherwood
Harolid L. Davis
Columbia University
School of Journalinn
Bherzood
Clayton Mamiton
Crilin
Maxwell Anderson
New York Drams
Dramatists’ Guild
Hamilton
Pulitzer
Alfred Lunt
New York Book
Harry Hansen
Davis
Ellen Glasgow
Nicholas Murray Butler
Resinol Ointment and Soap Offer Quick Relief
An old advertisement promotes Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap as fast relief for itching and skin irritation. It claims initial application brings comfort and continued use restores skin health, noting availability at drug stores and a free sample offer from Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Board Casts New Prize Winners Amid Controversy
Drama jurors including Dr William Lyon Phelps and Mrs Padraic Colum were named as advisers and formally confirmed by Colum bus trustees. RULE RESCINDED Dr Butler announced the fate of earlier winners, making Anderson eligible again. The god medal went to The Cedar Rapids Gazette for a crusade against corruption. Lyman of the New York Times won $1000 for exclusive Lindbergh departure story. Other awards listed include History and Biography honors to McLaughlin and Perry.
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William Lyon Phelps
Yale University
Padraic Colum
Columbus
Butler
Anderson
God
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Lauren D. Lyman
The
New York Times
Little Egypt Sues MGM Over The Great Ziegfeld
Frieda Spyropoulos once known as Little Egypt sues Metro Goldwyn Mayer for 26000 claiming the film The Great Ziegfeld damages her reputation as an Egyptian dancer and fortune teller. She seeks damages and an injunction, arguing the movie scene libels her and misrepresents her 1893 world fair fame.
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Brew York
Serpentine Atteins
Chicago
Slocenia Cours
Frieda Spyropoulos
Little Beynt
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation
Spyropoulos
Frieda Wmahzar
Ermued
Spanky Struck Down By Measles in Detroit
Spanky McFarland of Our Gang fame contracted measles while quarantined in a downtown Detroit hotel. While he lay isolated, other Our Gang members performed at a local theater as health officials confirmed the child star’s identity despite a clerk’s mix up with his formal name.
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Detroit
Spanky McFarland
Our Gang
Department of Healthy
Spanky
George Robert McFarland
Élent
Mayer Given Credit for Star Mayer
Louis B Mayer receives credit for discovering Jeanette MacDonald and shaping her as an actress. The piece notes her strong voice and a new contract with a salary raise before Mayer heads to New York. Irving Thalberg signs her for Sigmund Romberg's Maytime, with Nelson Eddy as the co star.
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Louella G. Parsons
Universal Serv
Univeraal Bernice
Los Angeles
Louly B. Mayer
The
New Yorker
Jeanette MacDonald
Pat
Jeanette
Lear
L. B
New York
Purther
Mora
Irving Thalberg
Sigmund Romberg
Nelson Eddy
MacDonald
50 Trying
Maytimer
Grace Returning to The Good Earth on MGM Project
Grace Moora negotiates a long term MGM deal with her next film to be an elaborate Good Earth adaptation. The production plans a Chinese village setting near Hollywood, with many location shoots in a wheat field and intricate set construction. Norma Shearer is highlighted for her demanding Juliet scenes, often shot multiple takes to capture effect. Paramount reportedly eyes a new opera titled The Queen of the Jungle as a successor to a jungle epic.
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Irving Berlin
New York
Stork
Berlin
Linda
Elin
Irving
Mary Ellin
Mary ‘Ellin
Twentieth Century-Fox
Hollywood
Marion Davies
Norma Talmadge
Eileen Percy
Harry Ruby
Clark Gable
Cain and
Mabel
Dick Watt
Jesu Muir
Herald-Tribune
Chin
Fred Astaires
Fox
Mary Astor
Mrs. Courtwright
Dodsworth
Georges
Lloyd F
King You
Holly-Proud
Grace Moora
MGM
Louise
True
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Jenny Ling
Gracia
Mary Garden
Authent
Romeo Wid Juilet” Company
Norma Shearer
Juiet
Paramount
Buster Crabbe
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