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Anybody who has ever collected star fish well knows how an interesting object can in a few days turn into a wad of putrid decay; this latest addition to the literature of the down-and-out is a sign that we have a literary star fish on our hands that must be buried, and quickly...

Author: By Edmund B. Games, | Title: Back to Beatland Again: A Study in Moral Decay | 5/15/1959 | See Source »

Father Panchali (Indian). A down-and-out Indian family, as seen through the exquisitely accurate eyes of Director Savajit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: CINEMA | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

...action centers about a down-and-out teacher (played by Mason) with a craving for the adventure and glamour of show biz; his wife (portrayed by Mason's wife Pamela), who wants him to settle down into the security of a teaching job; and their shockingly precocious nine-year-old daughter (played by the Masons' own daughter Portland...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: A Summer Drama Festival: Tufts, Wellesley, Harvard | 9/18/1958 | See Source »

...action, laid in a cheap lower Manhattan hotel room in 1907, centers about a down-and-out teacher (played by Mason) with a craving for the adventure and glamour of show biz; his wife (portrayed by Mason's wife Pamela), who wants him to settle down in "the little white house" and security of a teaching position on Staten Island; and their shockingly precocious nine-year-old daughter (winningly played by the Masons' own daughter Portland...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: MID-SUMMER | 7/17/1958 | See Source »

...even more low-brow, down-and-out entertainment, the seasonal over-flowing of musical comedies should not be overlooked. From the Cape working their way westward, professionals, hacks, and just plain hams tiptoe through the tulips, sweetly and lightly...

Author: By Edmund B. Games jr., | Title: Out of Cambridge, Much Ado | 6/30/1958 | See Source »

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