Word: come
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...offshoot of nineteenth-century Romanticism. Especially convincing in the early scenes, Merle Oberon and Lawrence Olivier run the full course of Cathy's and Heathcliff's passion. Mr. Olivier is particularly good as the gypsy lover, catching all of that character's mysterious and dangerous attraction. Maturest entertainment to come out of Hollywood in some time, "Wuthering Heights" does not "aim to please"; it is substantial intellectual fare, a straightforward dramatization of a unique and overwhelmingly powerful story...
...little man with the red hair strode up to him and said, "This, my good man, is a rehearsal of the Harvard Dramatic Club! If you want to see our production, come next Wednesday night...
...fame of Brahms as a symphonist has some what eclipsed his accomplishments as a choral composer, but the Requiem is firmly established as one of the few choral works which will receive regular and repeated performances for many years to come...
...Requicm has a significant position in Brahms' life since its popularity in Germany during his lifetime brought him his first wide-spread recognition. The text was compiled by Brahms himself of meditations from the Bible concerning death and the life to come. It is thoroughly Protestant in its attitude, and in spite of the melancholy and grimness of some passages and the profound nature of the work as a whole, the optimistic Protestant conception of a blessed eternity for the righteous is the essence of its spirit. The terror of the Day of Judgment is followed by the defeat...
...best of the Federal Writers' Project's books, The Oregon Trail describes the highway as it is now (near the crest of the Sherman Range, Wyo., 8,835 ft. up, it warns: "Blizzards frequent in this vicinity, October to April; usually come very suddenly; seek shelter at once."). Its best accomplishment is its picture of the Oregon Trail's magnificent past-a picture communicated by rare photographs of wagon trains, railway construction camps, settlers' cabins, scalped hunters (see cut), as well as by new accounts of the pioneers who moved like a tidal wave across...