Word: dead
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...High Cost. In Milan, Italy, Massimo D'Amico took one look at the check for his dinner, drew his revolver, demanded a reduction, got none, shot himself dead...
...Arab threat did not materialize immediately. Associated Pressman Joseph Goodwin flew out on a 300-mile scouting trip, reported: "Unless they were hiding in caves or camouflaged as camels, there were not 1,000 troops within 20 miles on either side of the border, from the Mediterranean to the Dead...
...Bolger is a broad plea for racial tolerance. Capitol Records bound books inside its Bozo the Clown albums so that children could follow the narrative of Bozo's travels, get a rudimentary idea of geography. Bozo's sales: 1,000,000. Most of the companies are dead serious about their job as molders of the young mind. When a Columbia Records survey showed that the story children most wanted recorded was Superman, Columbia sternly refused, because it was "not interested in that sort of thing...
Several of the performances are first-rate. Canada Lee plays with dignity and fervor one of the few thoroughly unpatronizing screen roles ever given a Negro. Lilli Palmer is a sensitive and lovely actress. John Garfield, having dropped some of his Dead End mannerisms, gives a good performance that is as hard and simple as a rock...
...appears that Grandview is The Absolutely Average U.S. Community. The commercial and political implications of being dead average are, of course, enormous. With Jimmy's help, the town gets a swelled head and frantically markets its opinions, which soon become worthless. Eventually, Jimmy shames the financially ruined community into civic pride and resourceful action...