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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...back into a string of theaters. The Warners owned 500 theaters, had assets of $230 million when the Depression hit, plunged them into a debt of $113 million. They ruthlessly sliced salaries in half, cut all other expenses just as deeply. Said Harry: "A picture is just an expensive dream. It's just as easy to dream for $700,000 as for $1,500,000." Production Boss Jack Warner picked topical stories out of the headlines, produced such smash hits as Public Enemy and Little Caesar. He tackled many ticklish social issues which other studios avoided, such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHOW BUSINESS: The Brother Act Retires | 5/14/1951 | See Source »

...People say I can see a Penney label clear through a stone wall"). After two hours he called it a day, with $45.60 in sales to his credit. Said Founder Penney: "This is the place I dreamed my dream in. This is where it all started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAIL TRADE: Sentimental Journey | 5/7/1951 | See Source »

...Midsummer Night's Dream" has often been called a mixture of gross flesh and gossamer. Any production of this comedy has the problem of dealing with these two distinct elements, and it is a problem which the Harvard Dramatic Club only half solves...

Author: By Joseph P. Lorenz, | Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream | 5/5/1951 | See Source »

...case you are tone deaf but determined to stay outdoors, the Dramatic Club is presenting A Midsummer Night's Dream nightly in the Fogg Arbor Court, weather permitting. HDC is attempting to turn its outdoor spring production into a local tradition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Numerous Musical, Novelty Events Enliven Springtime in Cambridge | 5/4/1951 | See Source »

Into this prison, guards throw Nicolal Rubashov, a leader of the revolution now accused of counter-revolutionary activity. Rubashov believed the dream, and he still does. David Bowen shows us a Rubashov whose downfall lies in his insistence-on thinking things out to the end. At first he is perhaps a little too reticent in showing Rubashov's strength, but, as the play builds to a climax, Bowen's characterization becomes completely convincing and powerful. At the end, his Rubashov is a man of real dignity and stature...

Author: By Stephen O. Saxe, | Title: The Playgoer | 4/25/1951 | See Source »

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