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...throated Siobhan (St. Joan) Mc-Kenna, in a blonde wig, played Leslie, the high-voltage heroine, through a sticky Malayan melee of passions. Stalking Maugham's female primeval like a white hunter was Wyler's inquisitive camera, peering through all the flora and fauna into the hurt eyes of the cuckolded husband (John Mills, making his American TV debut), or capturing the guilt written across the sallow face of the barrister (Michael Rennie) who helps Leslie beat the rap. With pace and polish, Wyler distilled all the steamy Maugham atmosphere and dry rot of colonial life, brought believability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: A Familiar Subject | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

...John R. Crews, Republican leader of Brooklyn, who invested $200 for stock now worth $20,000; and Frank Kenna, Queens borough boss, who harvested $2,800 in dividends from stock a friend bought on Kenna...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Solid Gold Sulky | 3/15/1954 | See Source »

...street. In New York, which TIME'S tabulation has been carrying as 85 for Ike, one for Taft, ten uncommitted, Taft has made some small gains. Manhattan Delegate Richard Neville said he will vote for Taft, and in Queens, Delegate Frank C. Kenna, county Republican chairman, indicated he was leaning Taftward. In Brooklyn, veteran G.O.P. Leader Jacob A. Livingston, a strong anti-Dewey man, announced for Taft. Although he is not a delegate, Livingston's influence is considerable. Taft may have ten or more New York votes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Shifts & Leanings | 7/7/1952 | See Source »

Readers may remember the author's widely read "Man With the Golden Arm." It depicted carefully and correctly the Chicago of bums, rummies, winoes, the world of the Near North Side. Algren has this Chicago heavily on his mind in his latest work: the city of Hinky Dink Kenna, the Capone gang, and the Black Sox. His poetic description of the town and his reactions to it hangs largely about the wrong side of Michigan Boulevard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Back of the Boulevards | 10/24/1951 | See Source »

Despite the pre-game weeping from the Point, Army expected to win the Michigan game. "In spite of what our press releases said, we thought we had a good chance to win the game," said backfield coaching staff member Doug Kenna on Sunday. "Everybody did all we expected, and some of them a lot more...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Mr. Blaik Fields A Capable Team | 10/15/1949 | See Source »

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