Portrait of a Noted Lady in History and Literature
The passage describes a famous young woman whose beauty is unverified by a portrait, urging readers to study both her depiction and the background of the artwork to uncover deeper context and implications of her celebrated yet perilous influence.
Notable Biblical and Classical Wives and Queens
A list of historic and literary wives: Adriana wife of Antipholus in Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. Alcmena wife of Amphitryon and mother of Hercules. Amytis wife of Nebuchadnezzar and Eve as first woman. Mary Stuart queen of Scotland.
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Adriana
Antipholus
Shakespeare
Alcmena
Amphitryon
Hercules
Amytis
Nebuchadnes
Eve
Ce Mary Stuart
Queen of
Scot md
Notable fictional and mythic wives in literature and myth
A list of famed wives across myths and works, including Fatima, Moll Flanders, Guinevere, Polly Peacham, Roxana, Helen, Hermione, Jezebel, Carol Kennicott, Katherine, Lady Macbeth, Lot's wife, Pandora, Theodora, Niobe, Lucrezia Borgia, and others, highlighting their roles as wives in stories from ancient myths to early modern fiction.
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Fatima
Bluebeard
Moll Flanders
Defoe
Moll
Flanders
Guinevere
Arthur
Polly Peacham
Gay
Roxana
Alexander the Great
Helen
Menelaus
Hermione
Cadmus
Mars
Venus
Jezebel
Ahab
Israel
Carol Kennicott
Katherine
Petruchio
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Lot
Sodom
Pandora
Epimetheus
Theodora
Justinian
Niobe
Lucretia 4i Borgia
Pope Alexander VI
Ferrara
Movie Listings and Reviews from Local Theaters
The week features Anita Stewart in Foolish Wives at Columbia with a ruinous ambassadorship plot and thrilling stunts in A Question of Honor. Colleen Moore leads Come On Over with Chaplin’s Pay Day at Liberty. Strand shows Bought and Paid For with Agnes Ayres and Jack Holt. Lying Lips stars Florence Vidor and House Peters at Colonial. Palace Hip screens A Stage Romance with William Farnum. Burglar Proof with Bryant Washburn runs at the air theater through Wednesday.
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Agnes Ayres
Strand
Jack Holt
George Broadhurst
Colleen Moore
Rupert Hughes
Chaplin
Liberty
William de Millie
Paramount
The
Opportunities for Women in Picture Work in Hollywood
Marjorie Miller rose from a lab job to become a leading positive cutter in Hollywood. The piece notes over 60 occupations for women in film, explains the cutting process from shooting to distribution, and cites salaries from 40 to 300 dollars a week for cutters. Miller works as head cutter for R A Walsh Productions and is involved with Kindred of the Dust released through Associated First National.
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Marjorie Miller
Hollywood
R. A. Walsh
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