…we’ve seen ads illustrated by other New Yorker cartoonists including Peter Arno, Rea Irvin, and Julian De Miskey; Helen Hokinson got in on the action with this ad touting G. Washington instant coffee…the first instant coffee to be produced on a mass scale, G. Washington was so well...
The movies still had nothing to fear from television in 1931, and Hollywood continued to draw large audiences to “Pre-Code” films that featured doses of sex and violence. Novelist Viña Delmar gained famed in 1928 with her suggestively titled book Bad Girl, so when it was adapted into ...
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Americans would turn to the movies for a much-needed distraction from their economic woes, and critic John Mosher found a couple of mild diversions starring Greta Garbo and Clara Bow… MUM’S THE WORD…Greta Garbo and Lew Ayres in The Kiss. The film was a rare silent in the new age of...
In the hot August of 1930, film criticJohn Mosherprobably found the air-conditioned theaters to be the best feature of the cinema, given the generally mediocre quality of the summer movies. Mosher also noted the new trend of adapting Broadway plays to the screen, a practice that continues to...
The early days of sound movies created numerous challenges for directors who not only had to adjust the action to accommodate cumbersome microphones, but also to keep out unwanted noises or bad enunciation. “The Talk of the Town” explained… CLOSETED…In the early days of the talkies, cameras...
Despite the limitations of 1930s technology, a few architects and designers were hell-bent on building a streamlined future that until then was mostly the stuff of movies and science fiction magazines. May 5, 1934 cover byRea Irvin. One of them wasR. Buckminster Fuller(1895–1983), architect...
…as didRea Irvinin another tableaux (originally running sideways, full page) featuring the clash of country bumpkins and city elites… …Garrett Pricelooked in on the burdens of the wealthy… …andBarbara Shermundcaught some small talk at a cafe… ...
The New Yorkerwas slow to embrace sound—in reviews of early talkies, criticJohn Mosherfound the technology stultifying in both dialogue and action, but as equipment and techniques improved he came to embrace the new medium.E.B. White, however, still missed the silent theatre, and the strains...
At the movies, criticJohn Mosherfound much to like at the Rivoli, which was screeningThe Taming of the Shrewfeaturing the husband/wife team ofDouglas FairbanksandMary Pickford: WILD AT HEART…Douglas FairbanksandMary Pickfordin 1929’sThe Taming of the Shrew.(IMDB) ...