Word: evens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crack to crack without a let-down. Another element, sort of added attraction, is some thought-content,--not much, it's true, but some. The characters of Madison Breed and B. J. Wickfield are drawn on a slightly higher level than the broad, low, and beautiful plain of sex, even though they make frequent excursions downward. The girl-lead, Cindy Lou, while undergoing ordeal by hell-fire and brimstone in the process, eventually lands on the top of the heap in the final scene, showing that Miss Booth may have some surreptitious respect for her and the things she stands...
...sermon, "Our sympathies, our moral support, and whatever ever aid we can rightly give at this time must be with those who at untold cost are upholding the principles and ideals of human life in which we believe." President Seymour of Yale warned that "a defeat, complete or even partial, of the Western democracies in the present war must be regarded as a disaster of the first magnitude for this country." President Conant foresaw grim eventualities if Germany should win. "I believe that if these countries (France and England) are defeated . . . . the hope of free institutions . . . will be jeopardized." These...
...Kiss the Boys Good-bye" might be funny even with mediocre handling, but with a cast that's on the up-and-up, the play at the Wilbur adds up to a sum total of swell comedy...
Moving up to the situation in the forward wall, the ends seem to present the best all around material all appearing very close to even. There are a couple of 180-pounders in Barnes and Jenks at left end, while Forte is holding his own against Morgan and Heyburn, recently converted back from blocking back on the right side. All of these are potential varsity material and it seems likely that the one who comes along best will find a berth next year...
...chewing his tail. As a matter of fact, the none-too-distinguished cast has run away with the show, leaving the lavish sets sitting around without much to do. Bert Lahr may go rolling down through the annals of film history as an all-time high in Cowardly Lions. Even Judy Garland has accomplished the remarkable feat of being nice without being "sweet." A special order of orchids should go to Natalie Kalmus who handled the technicolor and nursed it one step further toward maturity...