Word: imperfections
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Bright Lights (First National). Made a year ago, Bright Lights was put on the shelf, presumably because too many other pictures just like it were being released. Unfortunately, seasoning has only helped to shelve it permanently. Its backstage plot, its industriously plugged songs, its imperfect sound-recording, its imperfect technicolor, already are relics of a dead past in picture making. Dorothy Mackaill is good looking and Frank Fay fairly funny. The plot-a show girl who is about to marry a millionaire when her past, in the person of Noah Beery, turns up and threatens her happiness-is good enough...
Barynja, Auf dem Flusse Kasanka, Reigenlied, Kocakenlied, Korsaken Wiegenlied and Herr Cewahre by the Don Cossacks under Serge Jaroff (Columbia, 2 records, $1.25 each) - The highly-charged Cossacks display the vocal tricks (strumming, humming, whistling) which have made them the season's sensation. The recording is imperfect...
...means of ascertaining just how well the various instructors accomplish their aims as teachers, raison d'etre is to remove to some extent the grave misfortune of becoming snared in some course that has no profit, an extremely expensive experience in the four short years of college. Naturally imperfect and with many short comings as a result of the personal element of the opinions, nevertheless it can help to avoid the tragedy of wasted time...
Harvard's and Technology's relative athletic purity affords the engineering cynic opportunity for a few sneers at Dr. Lowell's statements. Such cynicism is a bold front to hide a "sour-grape" state of mind. Our Greek attitude is perfect what the Institute should worry about is the imperfect way in which we emulate the Romans. --The Tech...
...Prime Minister André Tardieu of France, who borrowed $3,340,000,000 in the U. S. as French High Commissioner during the War and vaunts his nickname of "L'Americain" (TIME, Nov. 11). M. Tardieu knows that at least 99 million out of 119 million U. S. citizens are imperfect in their French, and that the State Department at moments of stress is capable of considerably toning down its summary of an unwelcome diplomatic note...