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...film is also a good method. "Never having seen Rose Marie in Cinemascope, I was amazed at the acoustics in that fabulous country, wide angled on the screen as never before." Possibly MGM never thought thought about the outdoor acoustics, so they would be glad to have one more feather in their bonnet. Another good one in the same vein is, "The unparalled, unexpected thrill of Rose Marie in Eastman Color can only be matched by seeing if nature's coloring in Canada is really that...
...Singer Sargent. John learned from both and came to paint personalities just as brilliantly, charmingly, and revealingly as his masters had. Delineating the mind-heavy brow of G. B. Shaw (opposite), John's brush is icicle-sharp. Gliding across the bosom of the Marchesa Casati (overleaf), it turns feather-soft. He naturally places his technique at the service of his subject matter, and this instinct, which most modern painters scorn, is the first essential of portraiture...
When businessmen of a feather flock together, does a conspiracy automatically exist? In the recent past, the answer of the U.S. Supreme Court has seemed to be yes. In the cement industry's basing-point price case five years ago. the Federal Trade Commission ruled-and the Supreme Court agreed-that the "parallel business behavior" of the cement companies in issuing identical price lists for their products was ample evidence of illegal conspiracy to restrain trade. But last week, in a decision that might set a far-reaching precedent, the Supreme Court had a change of heart...
...Shalakos are beautiful. They are birds, about ten feet high, with turquoise heads crested with eagle feathers and mounted with feather-tipped buffalo horns. Their bulging ball-eyes roll majestically and their wooden beaks clack-clack as they glide and stomp through their dance of blessing, with a tinkling of bells worn at the knees of the dancers...
...Goldwyn; RKO Radio), $6,000,000; House of Wax (Warner, 3-D), $5,500,000; Mogambo (M-G-M), $5,200,000; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (20th Century-Fox), $5,100,000; Moulin Rouge (Romulus Films; United Artists), $5,000,000; Salome (Beckworth Corp.; Columbia), $4.750,000; The Charge at Feather River (Warner, 3-D), $3,650,000; The Caddy (Hal Wallis; Paramount), $3,500,000; Come Back, Little Sheba (Hal Wallis; Paramount), $3,500,000; The Moon Is Blue (Preminger-Herbert; United Artists...