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In Chicago last week, Northwestern University's Dr. Paul Witty credited Quiz Kids with having "erased any idea that the gifted child is usually a peculiar, eccentric misfit." He was speaking to a peculiarly receptive audience: some 235 past and present Quiz Kids who were gathered to celebrate the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Kids | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

Play the Strength. Some of the Goldstein rules for making "Hershey Bar" pictures-i.e., movies that sell lots of candy and popcorn too: 1) never make a war picture unless it is a comedy (e.g., (Up Front and its sequel, Willie and Joe Back at the Front); 2) play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: He Can Add | 4/28/1952 | See Source »

For 22 years Dr. Bruun, like Captain Ahab pursuing Moby Dick, has been on the trail of such a monster eel. He thinks that the Galathea did not search in the right places. The deeps are too poor in food to support large creatures. On some future expedition he hopes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: From the Lower Depths | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

During the two years it has been on TV, Producer Worthington Miner's Studio One (CBS, Mon. 10 p.m.) has won more awards than any other dramatic program, largely because of its professional competence and grown-up storytelling. Last week, Studio One tackled Stefan Zweig's Letter from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Snow Job | 3/10/1952 | See Source »

Much of the credit belongs to Lucille, a redheaded, uninhibited comedienne who takes pratfalls and pie-throwings in her stride, manages to add an extra wriggle or a rubber-faced doubletake to each funny line. Cuban-born Desi Arnaz gets enough masculine authority into his role to keep Lucy from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Unaverage Situation | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

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