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...strictly non-profit enterprise, said Hollywood; the films are to be distributed free for exhibition in the movie theatres to be built at all training camps. Major Nathan Levinson of the Signal Corps Reserve put it more bluntly, growled: "Nobody's going to make a dime out of this, and if they think they are, they'd better pull their horns in right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Movies for Armies | 12/2/1940 | See Source »

...second feature, "Dancing on a Dime," is not worth a nickel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 11/21/1940 | See Source »

Love-on-a-Dime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 18, 1940 | 11/18/1940 | See Source »

Several seasons ago the authors of Suzanna wrote a funny play about bundling -The Pursuit of Happiness. In Suzanna they waver uncertainly between pale comments on the folly of socialist hopes in a world which loves to squat on a dime, and rather skittish comedy derived from the idea of a human stud farm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 11, 1940 | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

...Hear Music (Russ Morgan; Decca). Cute rendering of cutest tune from the film Dancing On a Dime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: November Records | 11/11/1940 | See Source »

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