King Lear Script Rewrite Idea From Oil Barons to Detectives
A producer suggests turning Shakespeare’s King Lear into a modern oil baron saga with action, flames, and a relocation to New York. The letter details drastic plot changes, including a daughter’s independence, an old man’s ascent in Wall Street, an oil cartel, political bribery, and a final move to the Follies, aiming for a marketable, sensational screenplay.
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Moving Picture
Ollers
Open Spaces Production
Westville
John Smith
Goneril
New York
Heen
U. S
Cordelia
Molly
Mike
Wall Street
The
Riviera
Florida
White Mountains
Canada
Thrill Seekers Dramatized in Warner Picture
The Tenth Woman adapted from Harriet Comatock follows a restless group chasing external thrills. Rose Anne, a married flapper, spirals into turmoil with her romance Barry Sampton as the troupe spins in a dangerous nap the whip sequence. Cast includes June Marlowe and Beverly Bayne at the Strand.
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Strand
Rose Anne
Barry Sampton
Barry
Wil
Harriet T. Comatock
June Marlowe
Beverly Bayne
John Roche
Raymond McKee
Charles ‘ Buddy
Gilbert Holmes
Alec Francis
Edith Yorke
Piova Hamilton
Cooks and Bakers Reported to Have Poor Teeth
Berlin report from June 27 notes South Nova service findings that cooks and bakers suffer worse dental health due to high fat and sugar intake. Leather workers are said to face related dental issues, with mentions of dental disease and brushing habits in the disrupted text.
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Berlin
South Nova
Nord
Best Seller Novel Becomes Paramount Picture at Orpheum
Anne Douglas Sedgwick's The Little French Girl is adapted as a Paramount film directed by Herbert Brenon. The Orpheum presents the production featuring stars Alice Joyce Neil Hamilton Mary Brain and Hather Ralston in what critics hail as more popular than the book.
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Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Orpheum
Paramount
Herbert Brenon
Alice Joyce
Neil Hamilton
Mary Brain
Hather Ralston
Wild Life in Brazil Filmed in Rio de Janeiro
Educational film shown in Rio depicts Matto Grosso life and frontier industries. It covers tribes and customs, jaguar tooth necklaces, a bravery rite, flesh eating fish known as pitanhas, alligators, egret feathers, and laws protecting birds. It notes diamond mining, river washing, cattle herds, and jerky beef preparation in the interior.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Ares
Matto Grosso
Texas
Federal Indian Service
Lnte
Theodore Roosevelt
Hotels Warn Tourists to Prepay in Bavaria
A Bavarian hotel placard urges visitors to pay in advance for meals rooms and services. The notice stresses orderly handling of accounts and the importance of upfront settlements to ensure smooth operations during peak tourist season.
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Vartenkirchun
Bavaria
Juve Ie Talio-Tn & Locui
Tom Mix Reflects on Wealth and Duty in Western Lore
Cowboy star Tom Mix speaks of modest means and scruples despite fame with Fox Film. He recalls early days on a Arizona ranch, wishes modest wealth for horses and guns, then discusses Dick Turpin and a life of crime.
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John D. Rockinhorse
Harry K. Fivver
Arizona
California
Tom Mix
Fox Film Corporation
Tom
Dick Turpin
England
London
White Hart Inn
Praty Lane
France
Cuy
South Sea Picture Coming Worries Me If I Lose My Pony
A clipped, fragmentary note describes worry about a forthcoming South Sea picture and a fallback plan if the speaker loses a pony named Tony or falls seven or more.
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South Sea
Tony
Fragmentary quote hints at rugged frontier talk and plans
A garbled dialogue describes escaping a stalled ascent and contemplating drastic schemes. The speaker mentions breaking bones inside a ski, a thug, a shift to trade, monopolistic ambitions, and storing bottles and mutilage hidden in the Dakota Bad Lands.
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Dakota
Oxford Receives Rare Set of Astrolabes
The 63 astrolabes donated to Oxford University by Dr. Lewis Evans join existing college collections to create the most complete and representative series of these rare instruments.
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Oxford
Eng
Sune
Lewis Evans
Arthur Evans
The astrolabe a ancient navigational instrument revived
The text notes the astrolabe was likely invented in the second century AD by Hipparchus who defined the year and celestial positions and devised trigonometry and a point locating system. It describes the dial sight and hands to measure sun and star altitude and credits Arab scholars with preserving and perfecting the instrument for navigation.
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Hipparchus
America
Germa
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E. J. Hudson
Laurence Trimble
Harry Hoyt
Roy Stewart
Bessie Love
Hobart Bosworth
Charley Murray
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