Word: briefness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Noel Coward, generally associated with David Windsor, Cole Porter, Alexander Woolcott and others of cointreau society, has, it seems, matured to the capability of writing and producing one of the most adult motion pictures over screened. "Brief Encounter," adapted from his own one-act play, "Still Life," is a realistic experience that fulfills all the tenets of tragedy and yet remain simple, restrained and powerful...
...Brief speeches, outlining the dues or other requirements of membership in the various groups, will be given, and the representatives will answer questions during the refreshment period after the meeting...
...welldigger (Raimu) is a widower trying to raise six daughters. The eldest girl (Josette Day), bored by the fumbling marriage proposals of her father's well-digging assistant (Fernandel), has a brief romance with a handsome air-corps" officer (George Grey). When her airman goes off to war and is reported missing, unmarried Josette disgraces her respectable father by giving birth...
...Brief Encounter. A British-made romance, filmed with skill from a Noel Coward playlet (TIME, Sept...
First-night features slated by the Network include a 15-minute talk by Dan H. Fenn '44, CRIMSON president of 1942-43 and now assistant dean of freshmen, who will present a review of College activities during the summer, a brief summary of the present scene, and a view of the University future. At 9:30 o'clock a half-hour special broadcast will feature a transcription of the prodigious registration in Memorial Hall last Thursday and Friday, with on-the-spot interviews of returning veterans and other participants in the pre-term ordeal...