Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Freshman, held deep in thrall by a sweet young Vassarline, awaited high in hope a much-promised Valentine package. When the postman came, however, he was at the movies. But his roommates and friends saw their duty and did not flinch to do it. They signed the receipt, opened the box, and substituted four cakes of Lifebouy Soap for the contents previously therein...
After so much Hollywood hubbub it was logical to suppose that The Good Earth would turn out as chaotic as its preparation and as superficial as the novel was deep. Instead, it emerged as a real cinema epic, faithful in spirit, plot and acting to its forebear, sure to rank as one of the great pictures of all time...
Then, for a smashing finale, the script forsakes Pearl Buck for the first time to invent a spectacular locust plague. In what is the cinema's first investigation of what may prove a fertile field for drama-the War against the Insect-Wang and his men. ankle deep in bugs, battle with fire, clubs and feet the swarm which drones down the valley, blackening the sky. Some of these incredible scenes were shot in China; others, showing close-ups of locusts feeding, were shot during a grasshopper plague in Utah with a microscopic lens attached to a camera. Finally...
...last week cocoa was being as widely tipped as ever. Said the current Witkin Bulletin briskly: "We have risked boring you. . . . The bears won a major battle, but are deep in enemy territory. Bull territory! Can they retreat with their skins intact? We think...
Devil's Playground (Columbia) lacks novelty of background, U. S. naval deep-sea work having been used before. Jack Dorgan (Richard Dix) is a diver who can stand more subaqueous pressure than anyone else at the San Diego base but blows up handsomely when he finds Bob Mason (Chester Morris) in over-close proximity to Mrs. Dorgan (Dolores Del Rio). After Mrs. Dorgan has told the truth about this situation, Jack goes out to rescue Bob who is wrecked in the submarine Nautilus at a depth of 300 ft. Barring some crude miniature shots, the sequences dealing with...