Word: aran
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years the world's fair of the cinema world has been the International Film Festival at Venice. In the past this annual, late-summer gathering to pick the world's best films has chosen such universally acclaimed cinemas as Man of Aran, Anna Karenina, Mayerling, La Kermesse Héroïque. But two years ago B. Mussolini began to take a personal, political interest in the cinema business, and last year cinemindustries not bedded in the Rome-Berlin axis began to feel its centrifugal force. The No. 1 prize, the Mussolini Cup, went jointly to Nazi Leni...
...plowing through the seas, scuppers awash; or fail to get a sense of peace from seeing the vessel ghosting through a Grand Banks fog. At last Hollywood has realized the possibilities of filming the sea accurately and dramatically, and it will now stand besides the photography of "Man of Aran." Do not fail to see this picture...
FINE ARTS--Power: 1:10, 4:20, 7:40. Man of Aran: 3:10, 6:30, 9:45. Both excellent...
Essentially a pictorial film, the present version of "Man of Aran" is more complete than its former self and has been provided with an entire musical score based on Irish folk songs. The struggle of the Aran fishermen against the elements is handled with strong sincerity and complete simplicity by Director Robert Flaherty, and it is here that the strength of the picture lies. Devoid of plot, "Man of Aran" has an innate power that holds one's interest throughout, and the acting of Michael Dillane, King, and Maggic Dirrane is superb. This is a great moving picture that should...
FINE ARTS--Power: 1:10, 4:20, 7:40. Man of Aran: 3:10, 6:30, 9:45. Both excellent...