Word: ended
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...took the union less than an hour to close up the automotive end of the world's largest manufacturing company...
...production, in Sanders Theatre, was magnificent. Typical of Kilty's directive imagination was the decision to perform the coronation scene in the transept of Memorial Hall. The audience moved out of Sanders and became the congregation; the scene was played on a specially constructed altar at the north end, while fire-department searchlights outdoors focussed on the stained-glass windows over-head. The consensus was reflected in the comment of one critic, "From every conceivable standpoint Saint Joan is a high-water mark in Harvard dramatics...
...Radcliffe students now turned to the HDC as the major dramatic organization. So did the 15 or 20 non-graduating members of the defunct HTG (there was no formal merger; for, head high to the end, the HTG just quietly disbanded). In addition, there was a large increase that fall in theatrical interest on the part of the general student body. Not only this, but the entering freshman class contained more theatrical talent than any other class in Harvard history--including, as it happened, a notable quartet of students who would soon be generally recognized as a Big Four: Stephen...
...movie of this type, it is a rare director who can resist the temptation to play up the ominous threat of the Nazis. Peter Glenville manages to stay away from this chestnut until the end, when it is consequently more effective. Although his direction is not brilliant, it is consistent, and while the camera work generally dull, there are a few good moments...
Despite the fact the series was opening in Milwaukee--where it also will end if it goes more than five games--the Yanks were favored at 7 to 5 odds in man-to-man betting. The opener was regarded an even money affair, 6 to 5 and take your pick...