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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...years assembling jigsaw puzzles until she walked out in boredom. Then there is Kane's rich guardian (George Coulouris) whom Kane hated; Kane's general manager (Everett Sloan), the sad, loyal, philosophical Jew who stuck by to the end; his former drama editor and best friend (Joseph Gotten) with whom Kane broke after Kane's disastrous try for the Governorship of New York; Kane's butler (Paul Stewart). None knew the meaning of "rosebud." But each in his way understood a little of the man: he was not cruel, but he did cruel things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Kane Case | 3/17/1941 | See Source »

...Take It With You. They have also wowed the public with whoppers: Mr. Deeds Goes To Town, Lost Horizon. Director Capra, working without his Alter Ego Riskin, wowed the public with the heroic scale of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The bigger these pictures have gotten, the simpler have been their basic sentiments. The vast Tibetan spaces of Lost Horizon enclosed the theme BE KIND (Capra's own description). Mr. Deeds went to town to preach LOVE YOUR FELLOW MAN (ditto). Among the marbles of Washington, Mr. Smith found the meaning of LOVE YOUR COUNTRY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Coop | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

...Deal-the confusion had at least been departmentalized, into Priorities, Purchases, Production. Filed for future reference were $1-a-yearling Ralph Budd (transportation), and three New Dealers, Harriet Elliott (consumers), Chester C. Davis (agriculture), and Leon Henderson (prices). Henderson, a pigeon who hates holes, and who somehow had gotten on excellent terms with the $1-men, refused to be filed, sulked off to Florida for a sun tan and some long thoughts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tooling Up | 2/24/1941 | See Source »

...composers by preventing them from selling their music except on terms of a self-perpetuating board of directors." But then, ASCAP has visited the Supreme Court four times before, and has won every time. They're getting used to it. So hold on to your hats; we haven't gotten to the fifteenth round of this fight by a good many punches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FOLKLORE OF ASCAPITALISM | 2/7/1941 | See Source »

...Revolution of 1922, first of a series of uprisings, lasted only a few hours. The rest of the Army remained loyal and Fort Copacabana was surrounded. After holding out for four hours, the commander of the Fort, whose name has long since been for gotten, decided to surrender. The Fort's flag was hauled down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: Last of the Eighteen | 1/27/1941 | See Source »

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