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Word: entertained (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Captain continues his search, he decides to present a panel show, "Brain's trust," to entertain the Army base. Made up of local oddities, the panel includes a love triangle composed of artist, wife, and rival. When the question of marriage is raised, these three breaks up the show, washing the soiled linen of their marriage in public, while Sim tries unsuccessfully to shift the discussion to bottle-flys and cows...

Author: By Dennis E. Brown, | Title: Folly To Be Wise | 5/26/1954 | See Source »

...compress this vast story into a popular film biography involves a challenge that might well deter Hollywood. On a less ambitious scale-and aiming to teach as much as to entertain-the Radio and Film Commission of the U.S. Methodist Church has produced John Wesley, a 77-minute "semidocumentary" in color. Made at cost ($200,000) by Britain's J. Arthur Rank, a zealous Methodist himself, it is "for use in the churches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Founder on Film | 5/3/1954 | See Source »

...filming Saturday will center about the PBH Kid's Day, when PBH will entertain children from the Boston area. The program includes a swim meet, tours of the University and nearby museums, a luncheon, and a bank concert. In addition, the children will be introduced to athletes Dick Button 2L and Dick Clasby '54 and to Dean Delmar Leighton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ivy Films to Make Documentary on PBH Social Work | 4/30/1954 | See Source »

...informal and friendly relationships with the members of the House. At lunch and dinner, and sometimes even at breakfast, students and staff linger over coffee cup discussions in the paneled dining hall. Weekly, Dr. and Mrs. Little serve tea at Apthorp House, the historic Master's residence, and frequently entertain students at dinner...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oldtime 'Gracious Living' Thrives at Adams, Within Varied, Active Intra-House Group | 4/1/1954 | See Source »

...opening scene, for example, is set in a music hall. The action is at first perfectly normal: entertainers entertain, spectators jostle each other, a rowdy is ejected and everyone cranes his neck to see what is going on. Everything is straightforward and familiar. Suddenly the camera focuses on a hand holding a gun, two shots ring out, and a sense of the mysterious unknown is introduced. It is successful because it is intangible, because it is no more than an impression of something alien and frightening suddenly introduced into a perfectly ordinary situation...

Author: By Ernest Kafka, | Title: The 39 Steps | 3/16/1954 | See Source »

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