Word: hells
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...DRAMATIC restatement of America's position in relation to world affairs is due soon. It is high time something be done to dampen the widespread notion-which seems to be shared even among some of our friends and allies-that America is hell-bent for war. America should take the peace initiative away from Moscow. We should prove to civilized opinion that we, more than anybody else in the world, want and need peace because we, above all others, have more to lose by war. This is a job which the President can do far better than anyone else...
...Gate of Hell. A Japanese legend of quaint war and fatal lust, wrapped in a rich kimono of colors (TIME...
Kinsey & Sanskrit. The first clear sign that the U.S. had again caught the recitation bug was the smash success of the First Drama Quartette (Agnes Moorehead, Charles Laughton, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Charles Boyer) in Bernard Shaw's Don Juan in Hell, later superbly recorded by Columbia ($11.90). Then the three volumes of I Can Hear It Now . . . (Columbia; $5.95 each), Edward R. Murrow's playback of headlines and speeches from 1919 to 1949, sold a total of 500,000 sets. More than two dozen companies put tons of Vinylite at the disposal of almost anyone who would talk...
...Impostor (Shochiku; Brandon Films). Three Japanese films shown in the U.S. since the war-Rashomon, Ugetsu, Gate of Hell-were made, and made superbly, to win world prestige for the Japanese product. The Impostor was made for the folks back home who have a yen for the movies. The difference is startling. The other three often had the exquisiteness of Hokusai prints brought to life. The Impostor, far more popular at the Japanese ) box office, has the look of a grade A Hollywood costume adventure that was shot with an almond-eyed camera. The story opens in a geisha house...
...prospective law as much fairer than its predecessor. But one, declaring it would not have much effect on underage purchasing, said, "I don't think it will stop them from drinking. They'll break this law, just like they broke the old one. They'll break it all to hell...