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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Edgar Allan Poe's chilling short story, powerfully narrated in a voice just this side of frenzy by Actor James Mason, the film is one of the first attempts to use the animated cartoon to tell a psychological horror tale. Other cartoon shorts, such as Disney's Donald Duck, Metro's Tom & Jerry, and particularly U.P.A.'s own Gerald McBoing-Boing and Mr. Magoo, have accustomed moviegoers to a skillful distortion of reality and a triumph of line over mass that is characteristic of much contemporary art. The Tell Tale Heart goes far beyond such experimentation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: 7 Minutes With a Madman | 9/14/1953 | See Source »

...germanium transistor, now five years old, has reached a ripe, mature age as electronic gadgets grow. But, asked the Philco Corp.'s Director of Research Donald G. Fink, "Is it a pimpled adolescent, now awkward, but promising future vigor? Or has it arrived at maturity, full of languor, surrounded by disappointments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Problem Child | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

...Architect Donald Barthelme designed the West Columbia elementary school, south of Houston, to allow freedom of expansion. The school is really a series of spokes which can be added to the hub at will. To save money, he eliminated corridors: pupils go from room to room through courtyards. At the hub of the school is the common room-"Just a big hall/' says Barthelme, "where kids spill in and kids spill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Oceans of Piffle | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

...DONALD STROCHAK...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Trucks on the Roads | 8/31/1953 | See Source »

...Loser. In Kansas City, Mo., accepting Donald Reikard's invitation to play poker, John Wright lost $2.50, pressed a knife against Reikard's throat and took the $2.50 back, later explained to police: "I decided I had been cheated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 17, 1953 | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

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