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Affairs of State--June Havoc stars in the long run New York hit. At the Plymouth...
Affairs of State combines a small cast and a single gag with intermittent sprinklings of comedy, farce, and epigrams. June Havoc carries off very well the lead role, created by Celeste Holm. She and Shepperd Strudwick alone manage to give variety to their parts without sacrificing consistency...
Justice Douglas, in dissent, said: "The Feinberg Law proceeds on a principle repugnant to our society--guilt by association. A teacher is disqualified because of her membership in an organization found to be 'subversive.' The very threat of such procedure is certain to raise havoc with academic freedom. Youthful indiscretions, mistaken causes, misguided enthusiasm--all long forgotten--become ghosts of a harrowing present...
...lady in question is an American girl (June Havoc) who moves into the stately English country home of James Mason, and is thereafter haunted by Mason's dead wife, Madelaine. By the third reel, June has dyed her blonde hair black to match Madelaine's, and is painting Siamese cats just as Madelaine once did. An irrational ending saves her from complete insanity, but does not save the film from looking foolish...
Several professors threatened to take action against students whose examination papers contained "canned answers." Perry G.E. Miller, professor of American Literature, said in 1940 that his last English 7 exam had "wreaked havoc among crane parlor habit`uees...