358 THE COMMONWEAL August 12, 1931 as a spare-time, profit-making proposition. Their principal activities were as members of directory boards of some 269 companies. Translated into dollars and...
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ONCE upon a time there were silent motion pictures. Most of the world's millions loved them, but none more devotedly than those who did not understand the English language. The silver screen was...
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HOLLYWOOD HORIZONS By MAURICE L. AHERN TO AFFIRM that America became air-minded and ear-conscious at precisely the same time would scarcely be an exaggeration in the light of recent history. ...
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THE WORLD GETS AN EARFUL By MAURICE L. AHERN The talkie is an invention from which virtually no modern can escape. What shall we think of them or their influence? Mr. Ahem writes as a man who...
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