Word: 20th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Within the vast, still uncompleted Washington Cathedral, the Protestant Episcopal Church installed last week its 20th Presiding Bishop. None of the Most Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill's predecessors had been installed with such pomp & circumstance. Five processions of purple-robed choirboys, candle-bearers, crucifers, bishops and distinguished laymen escorted him toward the high altar. A congregation of 2,500 crowded the unfinished nave to witness the ceremonies of installation...
...with 13 of the top 60 moneymakers, collected the most rental ($47,250,000). Next in line were Paramount (twelve pictures at $44,650,000), 20th Century-Fox (ten pictures at $35 million), RKO (eight pictures at $30 million...
Pneumonia and tuberculosis are still losing ground as causes of death. When they are gone, the fight against killing germs, perhaps the greatest constructive achievement of the 20th Century, may be nearly...
...Madeleine (20th Century-Fox) is the third spy thriller to be culled from the wartime hush-hush files of the Office of Strategic Services. This one bests both its predecessors (Paramount's O.S.S., Warner's Cloak & Dagger) by a wide margin. In fact, it is as good, nerve-racking fun as any spy chase since The House on 92nd Street, which was worked on by the same competent team (Producer Louis de Rochemont, Director Henry Hathaway, Writer John Monks...
...said to have spent six years on Lydia Bailey, grubbing details from archives, translating French sources, writing and polishing the text. Even so, Lydia is a pretty light-weight performance. But the first printing (including Literary Guild) is rumored to be 1,000,000 copies. Hollywood's 20th Century-Fox has already bought the story for $215,000. As a narrative it lacks the fire and dramatic punch of Northwest Passage, the unity and cogency of Oliver Wiswell, but as history it is packed with enough facts to fill a college course lasting two semesters...