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Dates: during 1930-1939
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100. To Have and Have Not-Ernest Hemingway, is a story of (1 the Spanish Civil War, 2 the career of a Key West, Florida, character named Harry Morgan, 3 the Italian retreat from Caporetto, 4 the rise of the Communist party in this country under Earl Browder, 5 a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Current Affairs Test, Feb. 21, 1938 | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

"True Confession," which heads a satisfactory bill at the University, is the story of a girl who always says the first thing that comes into her head, in other words, an inveterate liar. It was written for Carole Lombard, who romps through it with delightful finesse. Although one lie in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

There are some obscure points in the plot that would cry out for clearing up if the play were to assume the standing of a murder mystery. Inasmuch as it bases all its claims on its excellent comedy of character and circumstance, however, the discrepancies in the story may be...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 2/15/1938 | See Source »

Many interested individuals about the University and in Burgess' home town of Cincinnati are not content, however, to let the case rest. Those familiar with Burgess or his character absolutely refuse to accept suicide. Nor can investigators find the slightest reason for Burgess' doing away with himself.

Author: By F. ROCKWELL Hollands, | Title: Police Drop Burgess Case---Mystery Shrouds Death as Theories Persist | 2/10/1938 | See Source »

Leslie Banks is manly, earnest, and warm as the advocate of democracy. Theodore Newton is as grim, as honest, and as frigid as the role of the communist demands. Claudia Morgan is attractive and uneasy, and whether the uneasiness is in the actress or the character, it all contributes to...

Author: By E. C. B., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 2/9/1938 | See Source »

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