Word: crawford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Acmy wrapped details in secrecy, but estimates were that the newly designed T-43 tanks would weigh up to 60 tons, be able to withstand the deadliest known antitank weapons. The T-43's own guns are automatically directed and controlled. Said Brigadier General David J. Crawford, boss of the Army's tank program: "They should outslug any land fighting machine ever produced." Since Chrysler already had a contract for a new 45-ton medium tank (TIME, Jan. 15), the new contract brought the corporation's total tank orders to $259 million, and total arms orders...
Hollywood Star Playhouse (Mon. 8 p.m., CBS). Joan Crawford in Statement in Full...
...James Stewart plays the lead role, as he did on Broadway for quite a spell. Another superb comedy returns to the Great White Way in movie form: Judy Holiday won a screen test derby to retain the part which made her famous on the stage in Born Yesterday. Broderick Crawford and William Holden have the supporting roles. The premiere is scheduled at the Victoria, Broadway and 46th, a week from today...
...solidest and best of the year's firsts was The Encounter, Crawford Power's portrayal of a parish priest's struggle with pride. Another was The Trouble of One House, in which Brendan Gill made a civilized, gently ironic comment on the trouble that can blow up in the wake of unselfish love...
...James Gunn have dropped the murder from the plot of Harriet Craig. They concern themselves instead with a jealous woman who tries to dominate her husband. This may be the reason the movie loses headway early and becomes a tiresome wait for the worm to turn and give Joan Crawford her comeuppance...