Amilcar CGSS Amilcar CGSS The Amilcar CGSS (or CGSs) was a sporting car made by the Amilcar company from 1926 to 1929. The second "S" stood for surbaisse and the car was a lowered version of the CGS. Isadora Duncan, the American dancer, died in a CGSS when her silk scarf became entangled around the open-spoked wheels. The 1,074 cc four-cylinder engine from the CGS was fitted but in a slightly higher state of tune delivering . It was also available with a Cozette supercharger for those who needed more power. Thus equipped, a CGSS won the 1927 Monte Carlo Rally. Driven
A Chapter in Her Life A Chapter in Her Life A Chapter in Her Life (1923) is an American film based on the novel "Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life" by Clara Louise Burnham. The film was directed by Lois Weber. She had previously adapted the same novel as the 1915 film "Jewel", which she co-directed (uncredited) with her then-husband and collaborator Phillips Smalley. Weber made this film shortly after her divorce from Smalley. Jewel (Mercer) is a young granddaughter who stays with her grizzled, angry grandfather while her parents are overseas on business. Anger and squabbling amongst the family are brought to heel through