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The Fortress Illusion. "It is the idea," said Dewey, with unspoken but unmistakable reference to Herbert Hoover, "that fortress America could survive alone." Said Dewey flatly: "It could not . . . fortress America is an illusion." The fall of Europe would mean Russian domination over Africa and Asia. Essential raw materials of...
Robert O'Hearn's settings and the lighting effects of Miles Morgan contribute much to one's illusion of sitting right in the middle of the pit of the Globe Theatre. A large share of the credit for the hilarious comedy scenes is no doubt due to the direction of...
When a jet plane passes overhead, most people hear an earsplitting, nerve-jangling wail. But it may be only "an audible illusion," says General Electric Co. After measuring both with decibel tests, G.E. announced last week that the air-to-ground noise of a jet engine is actually about the...
For five years Bosustow's U.P.A. has been trying to break away from such familiar Disneyisms as animal slapstick for its own sake, careful airbrushing to give figures the illusion of three dimensions, painstaking imitation of live movement. In their latest short, already delighting moviegoers at Manhattan's...
Like other recent war films (Battleground, Sands of Iwo Jima), Halls of Montezuma concentrates on a single platoon, this time headed by an ex-schoolteacher (Richard Widmark) who is harried by battle-induced migraine. Unlike the others, Halls gives its characters some dimension and illusion of freshness. The characterizations of...