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For the first time, the NOC could enroll participants.
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This film is basically about Rudolph Valentino's reputation as a legendary screen lover.
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Once music changed, Jazz became popular. It involved swing dancing and all the fun dance moves and so Jazz was extremely popular. http://www.1920-30.com/music/
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"Helm was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis. " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Helm
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This link leads you too see the top rated movies during 1928, shows you what movies where the best all over the world. http://www.films101.com/y1928r.htm
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Ruth Nicole sset a transcontienetal speed record of 13 hours and 21 minutes, beating the record set by Charles Lindbergh.
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh is the first women to earn a glider pilot's license
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17 year-old Stelia Waish from Cleaveland, OH set her second world recrd in a week by running the 220-yard dash in 26minutes and 4/5 seconds
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Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh set a trancontiental speed record, flying from L.A. to New York in 14hours and 45 mins.
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An air service between Ireland and Britain begins. The Iolar a 6 seat aircraft flies from Baldonnell to Bristol. At Foynes, on the Shannon Estuary, flying boats start a service between Ireland and America. These flying boats take off and land on water.
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Stanley School playfield dedication. Children playing on playground equipment as crowd assembles for ceremony. The new playfield was eleven acres, making it the largest school playing area in the city. Games of softball, baseball and soccer organized for the dedication kept kids busy from 9 a.m. to dusk. Stanley School was located at 1712 So. 17th Street. (T. Times 6/2/1938, pg. 7)
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A cast member from the movie actually ended up having health issues because of the costume.
-Tin Man: Budy Ebsen was replaced by jack haley do too inhalation of aluminum make-up he wore cause of the costume, He seffered a severe allegric reaction to the aluminum make up. He was then rushed to the hospital and once haley took over the make up was the changed. -
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