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...interpretation of the charming maniac, Danny, Was breathlessly slow, building up suspense to a horribly incvitable climax. It is a compliment to his ability that, once the climax was reached and passed, the still held the audience's interest through to the final curtain...

Author: By J. C. R., | Title: The Playgoer | 10/14/1939 | See Source »

...Coward, Maxwell Anderson and Vegetarian George Bernard Shaw have gone hams for royalties. Shaw refused his, demanded spinach instead. Among dozens of productions, most unusual is a hillbilly version of Romeo and Juliet, with the feuding Montagues and Capulets looking more like Hatfields and McCoys. To Porterfield, the highest compliment his theatre has been paid is that not one vegetable has ever been thrown at the stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Actors and Hams | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

...unparalleled era of international visiting and friend-making. With the war clouds hanging over Europe, there was no telling when friendly neighbors' roofs would be needed. Within two years, four out of six Balkan rulers had visited London or Berlin. Mussolini had visited Berlin, and Hitler repaid the compliment. King George & Queen Elizabeth had been to Paris, and in turn had received President Lebrun in London. To make the utmost of their trip to the U. S.,* the King had at his elbow Secretary Alan Frederick Lascelles, who wrote his speeches, and Canada's Prime Minister Mackenzie King...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Here Come the British | 6/19/1939 | See Source »

Although not intended, there could be no greater compliment. Any paper with a long purse can receive pages of wireless. It takes brains to "pad" 50 words, as TIME should know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 12, 1939 | 6/12/1939 | See Source »

Rounding out the stern trio, to which Spuhn pays the sincere compliment of calling it "steady," come Hill Bennett and Captain Pitney. Lex Bayard moved back into the No. 5 seat after the Navy contest and is still doing business at the same stand. Charlie Dennison is at home in the first boat, having left his No. 2 of last year to carry on activity at 4. Pat Merle Smith at 3 has been having no trouble in getting back to galley-slave form after a year...

Author: By (crew Editor, Thomas M. Longcope, and Daily Princetonian), S | Title: Tiger Oarsmen Improve After A Narrow Setback in Navy Race | 5/5/1939 | See Source »

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