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...survey (In the Nature of Materials; Duell, Sloan & Pearce; $5) is by Henry-Russell Hitchcock, a red-bearded Wesleyan University professor of art and architecture, who culled most of his material from a quarter-ton of plans and photographs that Wright had accumulated for years in his Wisconsin studio, Taliesin. Crammed with photographs and descriptions of nearly every building Wright ever built or even thought up, Hitchcock's book reaches the conclusion that Wright, often considered an eccentric and an unpractical dreamer, has actually followed the most direct and logical of careers...
...Alfred Hitchcock film is still, happily, something of an event; and it is a pleasure to report that the ill effects of "Suspicion" have vanished from the master's mind. Not that "Saboteur" is his best offering, but he has come back into his own again, back to the chase and all its whirls. The result is a tense two hours of entertainment dealt out with a freshness of approach and a relish of taste unusual in recent screen offerings...
...Hitchcock formula is fairly well known by now, and "Saboteur" rarely departs from the established norm. In fact, there are several repeat patterns from former Hitchcock triumphs, notably "The Thirty-Nine Steps," as evidenced in the handcuff scene, the dive from the bridge, and the escape up the rapids. This time the story is set in America. An aircraft factory in Los Angeles is sabotaged; Barry Keane, one of the workers, is accused of setting the fire. He runs away from the police and trails the real saboteur across the country, till the chase comes to a feverish...
FALLING THROUGH SPACE-Richard Hillary-Reynal & Hitchcock...
FLIGHT TO ARRAS-Antoine de Saint-Exupery*-Reynal & Hitchcock...