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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...love interest is supplied by Mary Hatcher as Hominy's daughter, and Danny School as a returned Air Force veteran. (One of Mr. Scholl's songs, in which he reminisces of his flying experiences, is called, believe it or not, "The Big Movie Show in the Sky." Typical line: "Its a funny feeling when you see St. Peter smile/And he says he's had a movie camera on you all the while.") The love situation is complicated when some of the disgruntled veterans put Easy Jones (Mr. Scholl) up to run against Hominy. However, as dishonest as Hominy...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 11/2/1949 | See Source »

According to Harris, a financial pinch has been brought to colleges and universities by the decrease in investment interest and the decline in the purchasing power of the dollar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harris Describes Dollar Trouble in American Schools | 11/1/1949 | See Source »

...hair in a tight bun. His Notebook (the whittlings-down of "fifteen stoutish volumes") contains mostly workaday jottings from 1892 (when he had just started to write) to 1949 (when he suggests that he is just about to stop). "I publish it," he explains, "because I am interested in the ... process of creation ... By some happy chance what interests me seems to interest a great many other people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Here & There | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

Professor Medawar will deliver a series of lectures on "Studies on Growth, Individuality and Ageing." The second talk of general interest will be given at the same time and place Thursday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English Zoologist to Speak on Growing Old | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

...little more than routine. Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten, though uninspired, still show a high degree of polish and workmanship. And the same can be said of Alfred Hitchcock, who directed the picture. The latter is responsible for a few deft touches, but did little else to add artistic interest...

Author: By Edmond A. Levy, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 10/31/1949 | See Source »

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