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Actually, this grand effect derives from the dynamic possibilities of the material, which the producers of the film had the good sense to handle truthfully and artlessly. Asia, if not the darkest of the continents, is the greatest and the richest in mysterious meaning. These Frenchmen, traveling from Beirut to Pekin approximately along the route of Marco Polo, proceeds in business-like fashion, using powerful trucks with caterpillar treads in the rear, and yet they were ever sensitive to the appeal of the old and the unknown about them. There are moving shots of Oriental luxury and squalor as seen...

Author: By F. H. B., | Title: The Moviegoer | 2/12/1937 | See Source »

Canada leads the foreign countries with 45 students and China is no mean second with 32. Japan musters only 5, surpassed by 15 Englishmen, 12 Frenchmen, 11 Germans, and 6 Turks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unusual Countries Furnish Record-Breaking Numbers Of Foreign Born Students | 2/1/1937 | See Source »

...implication the Premier of France, M. Leon Blum, a Socialist and a Jew. Mussolini considers Blum scum for many reasons, and Popolo d'Italia, after noting that 98% of the French are NOT Jews, roundly declared that if 98% of the French were Jews, the remaining 2% of Frenchmen would have a much tougher time than do the 2% of Jews in France today. Roared Popolo d'ltalia, tongue in cheek, on this absurd proposition: "It is clear, in view of the ferocious exclusiveness of the Jewish tribe, that Christians would be totally banned from public life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Fascist Eagle & British Lion | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

...machine, part of the platform collapsed, but they managed to clamp his neck under the knife anyway. The heavy blade fell and Mr. Miller observed that "a hideous spurt of blood gushed out." Time elapsed: 26 sec. Three years later, star Reporter Miller turned war-weary eyes on other Frenchmen potting Riffs. In 1930 he hurried from London to cover Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign in India. While Mr. Miller looked on at Dharasana, native police under the direction of British officials methodically clubbed and booted rank after rank of the Mahatma's supine, unresisting followers. Says Reporter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Miller's Memoirs | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

...barrier, but even this left them a lead of 3½ points over the U. S., whose score was perfect. The margin grew no larger on the third night of the show when Swedes, Canadians, Irish and Americans negotiated the course of nine jumps perfectly, and the Frenchmen, jumping last, did likewise. To them was then awarded the High Score Challenge Trophy for a total of 19½ faults to 23 for the U. S., 34½ for Canada. French Captain Clave later carried off the individual honors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORT: Horse Show | 11/16/1936 | See Source »

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