Word: caste
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tired Old Men. The President's fourth nomination had been inevitable for so long that even the Democrats opposed to Term IV did not trouble to make any case for the two-term tradition. And long before the ballots were cast, convention orators were unabashedly referring to Franklin Roosevelt as the nominee. On the opening night, Keynoter Bob Kerr, Oklahoma's pink-jowled Governor, set the theme: "with our Commander in Chief to victory." He also showed how deeply one of Tom Dewey's arguments had sunk in by roaring: "Shall we discard as a 'tired...
...agent (Cary Grant) is no pathetic shoe-stringer. He is a dapper Broadway impresario in danger of losing his theater. When he loses it, Cary is solaced by meeting Pinky's lush sister (Janet Blair). His slit-pussed sidekick (James Gleason), is perhaps the best member of the cast...
...production when manpower and materials are available.) Under Nelson order No. 1, manufacturers can start making a fairly wide variety of aluminum products-especially kitchen utensils. Regulations specify that production of pots & pans (and any other items made of aluminum) must be limited to the total previously made with cast iron or other metals...
...music. True, there is an abundance of the lush tunes of Mr. Kern, but even the music of that able composer must suffer when there are no voices to do it justice. Miss Patti Pickens, the star, struggles bravely, but is unable to make much headway against a cast of non-singers, attempting to talk the tunes...
Miss Pickens makes an attractive heroine, and Robert Perry turns in his usual fine performance, but the rest of the cast lacks both distinction and singing ability. The one and only high point of the evening is the remarkable performance turned in by James Lawlor at the piano, and the only one who lived up to expectation was Lee Nugent, who turned in her usual lack-luster performance...