Word: 42nd
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...busy. Almost every day he drives into Manhattan from the home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Dwight Morrow, in Englewood, N. J. where he and his wife and son Jon have been living. Several days a week he spends in the office of Pan American Airways, on the 42nd floor of Manhattan's Chanin Building, poring over blueprints, charts, tables, operations reports. He makes frequent trips to the Sikorsky plant at Bridgeport, Conn. and the Glenn L. Martin factory in Balti more, to watch progress on big flying boats abuilding for Pan American. Every Tues day, and often...
Turning to the screen we find "Cavalcade," at popular prices at the Metropolitan while "Gabriel Over the While House," Katherine Hepburn in "Christopher Strong," and "42nd Street" are still in the immediate vicinity. "Cavalcade" and "42nd Street" illustrate the increasingly effective use of musical themes and orchestral backgrounds in building up emotional effects in harmony with the picture. Thus one of the greatest virtues of the silent film has been resurrected. The orchestral background is the 1933 prototype of the organ which played "Oh Susanna" for the "Covered Wagon" and "Marche Slav" when brontosauri stalked through "The Lost World...
...noble death on the battlefield. No doubt they would like to see a curbing of those college professors whose teaching might lead to disillusionment and cynicism for a college education should contain no more than the uplifting benefits so characteristic of America's public school system Doubtless, too, this 42nd annual Continental Congress would have the fact concealed that the American Revolution was not a holy war led by the leading conservatives of their country. Yet some time, this well meaning organization must come to realize that patriotic illusions such as these are serious obstacles in the grappling with present...
...Cherry Orchard"--New Amsterdam Theatre, 42nd Street, W.--Alla Nazimova in Tchekov's most popular play. Like all of Miss Gallionne's repertory, "Cherry Orchard" is excellent and well-acted. Alternates with "Alice in Wonderland" done in the best Tenniel fashion with elaborate hares, hatters, and cats. "Cherry Orchard" plays Monday through Wednesday, and "Alice," that is the last word, the remainder of the week...
...Little Chillun"--Lyrie, 42nd Street, W.--This is a stage miracle, like nothing the theatre has ever seen. Most stirring singing, and dynamic dancing. This is a spectacle that has promises greater than "Green Pastures." A great opportunity. Cast...