Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...exploited country must keep the goodwill of the good people of America and Europe and in those countries not impair our credit any more than can be helped. Bankers do not seem to like Moscow, but if the Premier of China is 'forced' against his will to fight the Japanese, whom he has been getting ready to fight anyhow, with Communist assistance, that will put a much better face on things. We can also tell the West that if we win this war with Moscow's aid we will turn around afterward and ditch Moscow, just...
...Humphrey Bogart, he of the underworld voice, are the leading players in a series of adventures on a Pacific island. A mysterious though good-looking stranger is shipwrecked into a group of pearl divers and fugitives from justice and, or civilization. Among the other thrills are an underwater fight with an octopus, a pearl robbery, a shooting, and an unveiling of a G-man. Humphrey Bogart is convincingly hardboiled and confident as he drives the natives to work in the dangerous oyster beds and strides surely through perils both criminal and amorous. Based on Somerset Maughm's "Three in Eden...
...judge in the juvenile court make friends with the boys, suspected of a burglary, by telling them the devil failed to be an angle because he wasn't tough enough. Elsewhere it moves with the pace characteristic of polished direction and capable acting. The scene of Bartholomew picking a fight with big Jackie Cooper is well done; also the touching shot of the boys attempting to buy a $500 tombstone for "Gig's" (Mickey Rooney's) father. In general the picture will satisfy the indifferent moviegoer...
...SHORT HISTORY OF THE FUTURE- John Langdon-Davies - Dodd, Mead ($3). A prophet with a scientific back-ground and liberal convictions. John Langdon-Davies (Man and His Universe) sees a confused future in which Japan and Germany fight Russia (but not in the next three years), the U. S. adopts fascism, Britain remains democratic. He sees "one race in the world, with a pale, coffee-coloured skin, mongoloid eyes, rather shorter than the average Englishman of today...
...traditional "don't-give-a-damn" attitude of Harvard men to combat, the enthusiasts of tonight will face a discouraging morning after. Whether heirs to a new venture like the "Monthly" can be found is a matter of grave doubt. Meantime, the established periodicals will put up a spirited fight for existence...