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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Most Dangerous Sin is the latest attempt to move Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment from novel to movie, and on the whole the result is quite satisfactory, at least in one important respect. Dostoevsky was the greatest master of suspense the literary world has ever known, and this element of the Russian's craft is admirably preserved in the precarious transition to film...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: The Most Dangerous Sin | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

However, Crime and Punishment, despite its weak ending, is one of the greatest novels ever written, and likewise The Most Dangerous Sin is far better than its soggy climax--in all, one of the best French films to come to the Brattle in quite a while...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: The Most Dangerous Sin | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...another seizure," said the ashen-faced concertmaster. "The maestro can't go on. Perhaps if you took a moment to look at the score . . ." The world's greatest undiscovered conductor rose from his seat on the aisle. "A score won't be necessary," said Walter Mitty quietly. "Where is the baton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Sublimating Baton | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

Coach Laury Coolidge continues to experiment with his crews despite their fine records so far, in an effort to gain the greatest possible speed from his men. This week Henley veteran Mike Christian moved into the varsity at the three seat in place of Irving Destler and Roy Gosse went into the J.V. shell for C. Michael...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 150's Meet Strong Indian Crew, MIT in Biglin Cup Race Here | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

...economics of living are still Puerto Rico's greatest problem. Unemployment has decreased over the last few years, Munoz explained, but not as much as is ideally desirable. At present, 12 per cent of the labor force is unemployed...

Author: By Daniel A. Pollack, | Title: Quiet Revolutionary | 4/29/1959 | See Source »

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