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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Year in Books, Dec. 18, 1950 | 12/18/1950 | See Source »

...letter to Du Pont's 122,000 stockholders, President Crawford Greenewalt referred to the new project merely as "new production facilities for atomic materials." In addition to the $1 fee, Du Pont agreed to the same terms as those for Hanford (now operated by General Electric Co.). The Government will pay all costs, including the salaries of Du Pont personnel assigned to the project, and Du Pont will turn over to the U.S. all patents and discoveries arising from the project. The site of the new atomic city has not been selected, but a decision is expected shortly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Make a Buck | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

Wearing a mannish hairdo, Joan Crawford plays the overneat Harriet Craig with sexy emphasis. As her thoroughly housebroken husband, Wendell Corey is careful never to drop ashes on the rugs, sit on the arm of the sofa, or put a damp glass on an end table. Besides riding herd on Corey, Joan bullies her servants, snipes at the inoffensive widow next door, tries to break up K.T. Stevens' romance with William Bishop. Her ineffectual villain'es come to a head when, to prevent her husband's going alone to Japan on business, she defames...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Nov. 6, 1950 | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Nov. 6, 1950 | 11/6/1950 | See Source »

Lucas read from his notebook: "From 1932 to 1949, the value of Crawford County livestock increased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ILLINOIS: Cadillacs in the Corn | 10/30/1950 | See Source »

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