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...general, though, they stuck closely to the spirit of an original which has been widely, if not wisely, admired for its daring fantasy. The picture contains a scene in which Neptune uses his trident to frighten the patrons of a deluxe Manhattan swimming pool, an episode in which Bacchus finds modern whiskey so fiery it makes him belch, a passage in which Hebe discovers a container full of paper cups. Alan Mowbray plays the inventor with admirable presence of mind. Meg, the stone girl who becomes his accomplice when he converts her into flesh & blood, is Florine McKinney. Typical shot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Mar. 4, 1935 | 3/4/1935 | See Source »

French Military MarchSaint-Saens *Overture to "Der Freishutz" Weber *Two Hearts in 1/4 Time Stolz *"Espana," Rhapsody Chabrier *"Sylvia," Ballet Suite Dollbes The Huntresses of Diana--Pizzicati--The Procession of Bacchus *Suite, for String Orehestra Corelli *Bolero Ravel *Fifth Hungarian Dance Brahms *Pracludium Jarnefelt *Wintergreen for President Greshwin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT THE POPS | 5/25/1934 | See Source »

Wednesday Evening, May 9 *Procession of Bacchus, from the Ballet "Sylvia" Delibes *Overture to "Sakuntala" Goldmark *Londonderry Air

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: News from the Houses | 5/9/1934 | See Source »

...last week spotted at least half a dozen paintings of world importance: Velasquez' St. Peter; Rubens' Portrait of Old Parr; El Greco's Penitent Magdalene; Goya's Don Ignacio Omulryan y Rourera; Titian's Antoine Perrenot de Granvella; Nicolas Poussin's Triumph of Bacchus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Communist Riches | 12/18/1933 | See Source »

Beer has come in, quietly and calmly, to the delight of its protagonists; the calamity howlers are confounded, and hoist by their own petard; an emasculated Bacchus reigns in the Hub. This lack of the predicted drunkenness has been touted in the papers and by the people; but the fact that the advent of beer was attended by every conceivable trouble save that rather pleasant one of inebriety has been generally glossed over. The control measure itself was passed at the last minute, after the legislators, doddering cheerfully along in pursuit of such problems as the feasibility of serving beer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HUBBUB | 4/11/1933 | See Source »

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