Word: acclaims
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Emanuel Feuermann, 39, world-famed cellist; after an operation; in Manhattan. A child prodigy, he was a professor at the Cologne Conservatory at 16, was ousted by the Nazis as a teacher in Berlin in 1933, went on two world concert tours that won him acclaim as one of the great virtuosos, successor to No. 1 Cellist Pablo Casals...
...though theoretical Europeans acclaim his work as one of the most important influences on the "international" style of modern architecture, exuberant Architect Wright has always steered clear of the mechanical extremes which made much "modern" European building look cold and inhuman. Curiously, though he was trained in the Chicago school that invented the skyscraper, and became the most famous architect in a nation famed for its skyscrapers, Frank Lloyd Wright has never built a skyscraper himself...
...worst, it is certainly the most disappointing. Playwrights like Odets, Maxwell Anderson, Ben Hecht, Marc Connolly, and John Steinbeck exhibited plays that failed to win either critical or public acclaim. Various reasons have been advanced for the poor theatrical season: the critics blame it on confused playwrights; the playwrights on destructive criticism; and the procedures blame it on present economic conditions, on labor unions, on critics, and on the public...
...There are a few exceptions, such as "Tobacco Road" and "Hellzapoppin," that succeed in spite of bad notices, but nine times out of ten if a critic says "No" you may be sure the play will fold shortly. The success of a motion picture depends very slightly on critical acclaim. Proper exploitation and the star system have been developed into a fine art in Hollywood. It is advertising that accounts for a picture's financial success. And to Hollywood, money is the gauge of success...
Thus, last week, did London acclaim Sir Stafford Cripps's maiden speech as new leader of the House of Commons (TIME, March 2). At the end of a two-day debate, the Red Squire, using careful jottings on tiny sheets of notepaper. an swered all major questions in the almost record time for 40 minutes. Though his mannerisms were coldly legal, M.P.s soon warmed to the passionate conviction he injected into his words. Only a major speech by Churchill (who was conspicuously absent) would have drawn a bigger house. Even a few tired, wise old peers climbed into...