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Mauretania at Curaçao, c. 1925 The ship's Verandah Café, located on the boat deck, c. 1927. Mauretania returned to civilian service on 21 September 1919, now serving on the Southampton to New York route. Mauretania at full speed on the measured mile, 1922. Her busy sailing schedule prevented her from having an extensive overhaul scheduled in ...
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RMS Mauretania was a British ocean liner that was launched on 28 July 1938 at the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead, England, and was completed in May 1939. She was one of the first ships built for the newly formed Cunard-White Star company following the merger in April 1934 of the Cunard and White Star Line .
Highest-grossing films of 1923 Rank Title Distributor Domestic rentals 1 The Ten Commandments: Paramount: $4,169,798 [1] 2 The Covered Wagon: $3,500,000 [2] 3 Safety Last! The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Pathé Exchange Universal: $1,500,000 [2] 4 Scaramouche: Metro: $1,000,000 [3] 5 Adam's Rib: Paramount $881,206 [1] 6 Main Street: Warner Bros ...
Mauritania takes its name from the ancient Berber kingdom and later Roman province of Mauretania, and thus ultimately from the Mauri people, even though the respective territories do not overlap, historical Mauritania being considerably further north than modern Mauritania. The Umayyads were the first Arab Muslims to enter Mauritania.
Huggins obtained the film Oct. 8 in Omaha at an auction of movie posters and other memorabilia from film distributor Modern Sound Pictures, which had closed years before after operating since 1937.
In Mauretania and the other French territories of the Sahara, the French colonial authorities did not enforce their anti-slavery laws, but tolerated the indigenous slave trade until the end of French colonial rule.
Only the latest example of this phenomenon is the season 2 renewal of 1923, the Yellowstone prequel set in—you guessed it!—1923, with Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren as the resident Dutton ...