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Word: easterly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fetched, and suffers from an insipid happy ending; but Sigmund Romberg's excellent music, sung as only Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy can sing, together with a good supporting cast and the rich browns and delicate blues of the sepia-platinum photography, make the picture entirely worthy of its Easter-weekend billing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 4/14/1938 | See Source »

...cinemaudiences, Gaumont British and Alexander Korda's London Film have been Britain's sprucest salesmen. Last week Gaumont British and Alexander Korda, proving that the British cinema industry is not entirely dormant, had two films apiece ready to join the U. S. Easter cinema parade. Of the four, the two less pretentious cost $450,000 each, represented the good homespun handiwork of which the British industry is capable when it is not making quota quickies or trying to imitate Hollywood's grand manner. The others were, important because they 1) cost about $1,000,000 each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Buy British | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

...will start off on a 16-day pilgrimage promoted by the California Avocado Association, which carefully labels itself "a Cultural (non-marketing) Society." The pilgrims will go by train (price of upper berth: $205) to see Señor LeBlanc's parent avocado tree in Atlixco. There, on Easter, they will gather round the tree and listen to numerous complimentary speeches from U. S. Ambassador Josephus Daniels and Mexican dignitaries. They will present a gold medal to Señor LeBlanc, a gold medal to Mr. Schmidt. To the music of Mexican bands they will unveil a tablet, suitably...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Sturdy Avocado | 4/11/1938 | See Source »

...Shaw and his orchestra have been selected to play at the 44th Annual Ball of the St. Paul's Catholic Club of Harvard. The dance will be hold Easter Monday Evening, April 18, in the Roof Ballroom of the Parker House in Boston. There will be continuous music from 10-3. All members of the University are cordially invited to attend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CATHOLIC CLUB PLANS DANCE | 3/31/1938 | See Source »

...Dawn Over, Ireland," the first picture completely produced and acted in the Emerald Isle is chiefly interesting for its realistic portrayal of the dark days following the Easter Rebellion of 1916, when the small Irish Republican Army was doggedly twisting the British Lion's tail. A trifle Algeresque, the plot tells how a young Irish patriot (Brian O'Sullivan), suspected of being an "informer" by his mates, is ostracised and in revenge joins the British "Black and Tans." A threatened raid on his former fellows brings him to his senses in time to warn them of it, and lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 3/22/1938 | See Source »

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