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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Felix Finkleberger" and "Of Of Goldstein". Stating definitely that the poster was not anti-Semitic Hart said, "One might argue that it is anti-Irish, because the name Thomson was distorted, or anti-Russian or anti-German. If so, well then it might be called anti-Semitic, for among the twenty names ridiculed, two happened to be Jews...
...exiles want to return to Spain. Stories of dire reprisals awaiting them in Spain have reached the refugee camps by grapevine. Typical of how news travels among the refugees was the method adopted by a recent fugitive from Catalonia. Forbidden by French authorities to make a speech in the camp, he drew a map of Spain in the sand. Inside the outline he sketched a firing squad pointing their rifles at a group of civilians. No refugee misunderstood the man's meaning...
...with nothing more than the romantic meeting and somewhat prolonged courtship of a European fortune hunter (Charles Boyer) and a Kansas-bred nightclub singer (Irene Dunne), it frequently falters in pace. It also includes a few sequences which, reminiscent of Director McCarey's work for Hal Roach, are among the most adroit cinematic touches of the year. Good shot: Irene Dunne, prevented from getting married to Boyer when a car cripples her legs, waking up to fave the consequences in a hospital...
...Cowen; produced by Cheryl Crawford) tells, colloquially, of the family of Jesus during the Time when He (who never appears in the play) was preaching away from Nazareth. Theme of the play is Jesus' own saying: "A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house." Only Mary (glowingly played by Judith Anderson) has faith in Jesus: His brothers resent Him as a fanatic who hurts their business, their marriage prospects, and the family name...
...group is learning the fundamental technique through Columbia Broadcasting records which CBS has donated to the Workshop together with numerous copies of working scripts. Once this is mastered they intend to hold a competition among themselves for possible scripts to augment those which they already have...