Word: hughs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...date readers of up-to-date English poetry know the names, though they may not have the numbers, of Poets Wyant Hugh Auden and Stephen Spender (TIME, Oct. 1). The first books of both Auden and Spender were dedicated to one Christopher Isherwood. Last week Author Isherwood appeared for the first time on the U. S. scene, partly returned his compatriots' compliment by dedicating The Last of Mr. Norris to W. H. Auden. To canny readers, this salute was as unmistakable a signal as a finger laid to the nose: Author Isherwood...
...Front as the last flicker of "Vanessa" vanished from view and a satisfied audience dragged out of the University. Robert Montgomery and Helen Hayes are teamed together again and supported by a notable cast including Otto Krenger and Lewis Stone who do their usual fine work. Taken from Hugh Walpole's best seller, the story is extremely well handled but like many another fine book is a little cramped. So few scenes for such a long story involves much being taken for granted...
...Vice Admiral Sir Hugh J. Tweedie to the annual meeting last week of the Union Jack Club: "It may be that all of us in the services are going to see hard times. Most of the British fleet is now working overseas. There may be a cure for that. Adolf Hitler, like his predecessor, may see that our service is once more in home waters...
...people in it, was nearly full but there was no overflow audience. First, the evening's hero let his sponsors spellbind the crowd. Applause and cheers came liberally, turning to hisses when Priest Coughlin's Washington lobbyist, Louis B. Ward, referred to "a certain kept General, Hugh S. Johnson." It was 11 p. m. before Priest Coughlin's turn arrived but the audience was still enthusiastic...
...worlds of screen star and taxi driver meet in a tense drama, "It Happened in New York," packed with pathos and mingled emotions, to prove that all of us are brothers and sisters under the skin. Gertrude Michael, the star, fed up with her public and her press-agent, Hugh O'Connell, is fascinated by Lyle Talbot's manly figure and colorful repartee. We fear the worst when she lures him away from his telephone girl sweetheart and aboard a yacht, where he saves her from a couple of thugs; she says, "Why are you so cold and distant...