Word: caste
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fifth in its current series of six productions in Boston, the Theatre Guild has chosen Sophie Treadwell's "Hope for a Harvest" and headed the bill with man and wife, Fredric March and Florence Eldridge. Of the two decisions, the casting one is the happier;-"Hope for a Harvest" presents the spectacle of a mediocre piece of writing admirably exploited within its narrow limits by a popular cast...
Election day came last week and the voters were out early-there were 330,845 votes cast, 79% of the registration, a record. It was a quiet election...
...Narrows of New York Harbor one drizzly morning this week stood a hulking grey battleship. Convoyed by Coast Guard craft, she cast anchor at the Government Anchorage, hard by the Staten Island ferry pier. Palm Sunday passengers noted the flag fluttering at her stern: the British ensign. Around 11 o'clock, half her crew went ashore for liberty, and Manhattanites soon knew what ship she was. On the seamen's flat-cap ribbons was the gilded legend: "H.M.S. Malaya...
...Wolf (Warner Bros.) spills more gore than Hollywood has seen in many a month. Its press agents claim that it is the only picture ever filmed in which every member of the cast has at least one fight. Before its 47 brawls were completed, they say, Chief Scar-Maker Carl Axzelle had to send out for extra help. By the time the film is finished, only two characters are still alive...
...popularity of such sustained mayhem has been thoroughly tested: this is the sixth cinema version of the Jack London novel in 30 years. To man the unpleasant cast (only woman is Ida Lupino), the ranks of Hollywood hoodlums were culled for such experienced mischief-makers as Edward G. Robinson, John Garfield and Gene Lockhart. Guided by the extravagant hand of Director Michael Curtiz, The Sea Wolf's latest treatment stresses the psychological quirks of Wolf Larsen (Robinson), skipper of the scavenger ship Ghost, a sadistic tyrant who likes to curl up with a volume of Milton's poems...