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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While I'd certainly be reluctant to change physical conditions with Robert Wadlow,I'd not mind changing mental and moral poise. He is as big in character as he is in stature.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 10, 1939 | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

Blazing with gorgeous costumes, Act II fanfares a diamond-hatted, golden-suited, golden-shod Bill Robinson into view as Harlemperor of Japan. On a pair of Sullivan heels stutter-toed Mr. Robinson thereupon steps into character to show that at 60 he is still the noblest tap dancer of them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Play in Manhattan: Apr. 3, 1939 | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

The Fellowship of Southern Churchmen made no reply. Since its founding it has been on record against "a growing fascist spirit within the Southern States, evidenced in floggings, teachers' oaths . . . concentration camps, vigilante service of deputized landowners and hoodlums in certain sections. . . ." The Fellowship is for: "The right of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Southern Prophets | 4/3/1939 | See Source »

Surprisingly similar to "Mayerling" in mood and pace, "Orage"--now at the Fine Arts--attains dramatic excellence through masterful use of simple, intrinsically unprepossessing material. In the hands of Warner Brother and Kay Francis--perish the thought!--it would probably have been trite and dull, for the plot concerns merely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 3/30/1939 | See Source »

But there is traditionally at Harvard a prejudice against that which suggests, even remotely, Joe College. Joseph is an unpopular man in an institution as heterogeneous as Harvard; that brand of indifference arising out of the cross-sectional character of the undergraduate body is generally thought to be in conflict...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DE GUSTIBUS . . . | 3/28/1939 | See Source »

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