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Villain of the piece is a Wall-Streeter named George Wheaton, a graduate of tiny, semipublic, coeducational Clifford Academy. He wants to give Clifford one of his easy millions, on condition that the school become private, preferably for boys only, and that Jews be excluded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Canfield a la Mode | 3/6/1939 | See Source »

Rocket to the Moon. Clifford Odets' intense and churning drama about "middleclass love" (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Broadway's Best | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

Such was the substance of a warning issued by Assistant Surgeon General Clifford Ellison Waller and his public health colleagues to all U. S. shavers last week. Reason: a case of deadly anthrax in North Dakota last fortnight was traced to a lot of infected Japanese shaving brushes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Warning to Shavers | 2/6/1939 | See Source »

When he got back to the East he went to Vermont, got a job acting in a summer camp, followed it by a bit part in a road company. A meeting with Clifford Odets led to better parts in Group Theatre productions, the leading role in Having Wonderful Time, a part in Golden Boy, which got him his Hollywood contract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 30, 1939 | 1/30/1939 | See Source »

...England last month the Merseyside Left Theatre Club produced Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty. From the play the Lord Chamberlain (official censor) had struck out-as profane-the line: "They'll tear Christ from his bleeding cross." When the Merseysiders used the line anyhow, an uproar followed. The manager banged down the curtain. Ten of the club's actors and officials were ordered arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Show Business: Jan. 23, 1939 | 1/23/1939 | See Source »

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