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Word: factly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...goes the honor of developing the first national folk art since the founding of America. Strangely enough, industry and mechanics, which are the death warrant of spontaneous public art, are the spark of life of this second type of folk art. And even more strange is the fact that money, industry, and high-pressure salesmanship which are today strangling literature and music and drama into a complete state of mediocrity are the essentials which have made Disney's work what...

Author: By H. C., | Title: Collections & Critiques | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

Many people, however, will dispute the fact that the Disney Studios are producing the art of a whole nation, they will say that it is a mere passing fad, accelerated by the Metropolitan Museum's acceptance of a few pictures and by a college professor's study of Disney work. But when they say this they are not looking at the facts, for the American public as a whole has long been conscious and long interested in animated movies, and there is no indication of cessation in this interest. It is almost safe to predict that the American public will...

Author: By H. C., | Title: Collections & Critiques | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

...defeat was not as complete as the score indicates, for the Crimson came back in the last period to play their opponents off their feet. It must also be taken into consideration that the Yale team ranks five goals higher than the Crimson, and were it not for the fact that all college games are played on the flat, the contest would have ended...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Elis Rule Favorite in Second Polo Game With Crimson at 9:30 O'Clock Tonight in Armory | 2/25/1939 | See Source »

This reviewer hopped a freight to New York for the opening, and was given the biggest thrill of his life by seeing Miss O'Connell make a tremendous hit with everybody. No one can be unaffected by the charm and beauty with which she sings. Add the fact that the lady is a genuinely good looking vocalist, and the sum equals another factor in Dorsey's rise...

Author: By Michael Levin, | Title: Swing | 2/24/1939 | See Source »

...Judge Hardy series started out as minor second features, they had captured an ideal combination of humor and sentiment; now, as was probably inevitable, their success has prompted Hollywood to less care in their making, and they have become stereotyped. This is partly due, of course, to the fact that the audience knows perfectly well what is going to happen. They know that the Judge will become heavily involved in a deal and nearly lose everything; that Marion will fall in love with the wrong man, and have quite a time until her exasperatingly benevolent father straightens things out; that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/23/1939 | See Source »

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