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BASED ON TWO NOVELS by John Steinbeck (Cannery Row and its sequel, Sweet Thursday), Cannery Row takes place in a small, depressed town somewhere on the California coast. We're never told the date, but by the clothes and the cars, we can place it somewhere in the range of...

Author: By Sarah Paul, | Title: Cinematic Continental Drift | 2/17/1982 | See Source »

If there is an unpleasant stick of compressed paper in this jolly, it is the acting of Jane Fonda, who got the role of Chelsea in a cute but of incestuous casting. Jane tenses her mouth. furrows her brow, makes portentous cracks at her father, and screams to her mother...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: On Golden Caramel | 2/4/1982 | See Source »

Santa Claus: The prototype of this jolly old gift-giving gentleman was a stern but kindly bishop who lived in Asia Minor in the fourth century. St. Nicholas, so legend goes, learned that the impoverished father of three young women planned to allow them to solicit in order to provide...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grah Bag of Christmas Customs | 12/10/1981 | See Source »

Despite tight economic times, cash registers are jingling as loud as ever at most bookstores this season. Things have gotten so jolly at nearby book stores it's easy to get waylaid by bad books on the way to the check-out. What follows is a guide to some of...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett, | Title: The Most Literary Season | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

We shall invite the whole team up for tea (How jolly!)

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Lehrer Sampler | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

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