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Word: cinemopera (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Less steady in its aim than most studios is Paramount, which ranges from experimental cinemopera like Rouben Mamoulian's High, Wide and Handsome to loose-jointed sophomoric trifles like College Swing, Turn Off the Moon. Paramount's net income for last year was $6,045,103. This year's budget, covering 58 planned features, allows for but one million-dollar film, Men with Wings. Paramount's most important trend will be toward romantic U. S. history, with Union Pacific and The Texans. Other specials: If I Were King, with Ronald Colman; Knights of the Round Table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Prospectus | 6/6/1938 | See Source »

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