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...picture is based on the late Humphrey Cobb's novel, a bestseller in 1935 and one of the most powerful antimilitaristic tracts inspired by World War I. The story tells what happened before, during and after an attack by a French regiment on the Western Front. The attack was suggested by the corps commander (Adolphe Menjou) merely as a means of fortifying his personal reputation. It was ordered by the division commander (George Macready). mostly out of vanity and the desire to ingratiate. The attack was impossible from the start, and it failed disastrously-one whole company, for instance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 9, 1957 | 12/9/1957 | See Source »

Honus Wagner, Pittsburg's great shortstop, led the senior circuit eight times while Ty Cobb holds the major league record with 12 American League titles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: National Sports | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

Into the office of a psychiatrist (Lee J. Cobb) walks a plain and rather prim young housewife (Joanne Woodward) who complains of blinding headaches and "spells." After a few talks with the doctor, she feels some relief. Then one day, months later, her husband (David Wayne) finds the bedroom strewn with flashy clothes which she insists she did not buy; but the people at the store, who know her well, insist she did. Back to the doctor, who begins to suspect that there is more to Eve White than meets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Sep. 23, 1957 | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

Married. Lee J. Cobb, 45, star of screen (On the Waterfront) and stage (Death of a Salesman) ; and Mary Hirsch, 27, brunette elementary schoolteacher; both for the second time; in Santa Monica, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 8, 1957 | 7/8/1957 | See Source »

...most liked Lawrence Kupferman's "Force That Drives the Water Through the Rocks," Boris Margo's "Evening" (see cut at lower left), Shan-Ching Toong's economical "Lobsters," and Paul Zimmerman's "November Moon." Alsc good were the works by Ruth Cobb, Esther Geller, Walter Meigs, Conger Metcalf, Arthur Polonsky and Sol Wilson...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Sixth Annual Boston Arts Festival Evaluated | 7/1/1957 | See Source »

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