Word: caste
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...send me one, any kind, as I have all kinds. Send C.O.D." Witness. In Bayonne, N.J., the late Dr. John Jay Hunt named "God Almighty" as witness to his will, bequeathed his patients' unpaid bills to the Salvation Army or the Red Cross, requested that his ashes be cast into the sea. The will was declared invalid because the signature of the witness was lacking...
Madam Curie, the quiet yet dramatic story of the foremost woman scientist of our time, is now playing at the U.T. The theme of the picture is the discovery of radium by the Curies, an epic story of human persistence and scientific endeavor. Cast in the leads are Greer Garso and Walter Pidgeon, both of whom play their parts expertly with a degree of sureness and restraint not often seen in these days of B pictures. The supporting parts are also well cast. In particular, Dame May Whity, giving a good characterization of Pierre Curie's mother...
Walkout. Cullman has dabbled in stage doings since prepping at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he took part in French plays "which neither the cast nor the audience understood." At Yale, trying to become drama editor of the Yale Courant, he wangled an interview with Sarah Bernhardt. When he asked her, "Do your love affairs help you to understand the parts you are playing?" she walked...
...view halloo began when M.G.M. announced plans to picturize Uncle Tom's Cabin. Eliza would be Negro Torch Singer Lena Horne; Southern Gentleman St. Clare, venerable Lewis Stone; Little Eva, Margaret O'Brien. Simon Legree was not cast, but the producer was to be Arthur Hornblow. Promptly, Negro spokesmen and liberal Whites spiked the plan of Hollywood's most conservative studio...
When World War II came, "Cast-Iron Charlie" (socalled because of his love for casting v. machining) switched Ford from cars to airplane motors, jeeps, tanks...