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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...before he rears up on his launches and starts shooting? Those are questions of extraordinary vitality in a world which seems to contain no ideals worth shooting or dying for. Maxwell Anderson apparently believes there still are a few left. To prove it he has written a play called "Key Largo" which tells the saga of a young idealist who broke with his faith to live,--and returned...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: The Playgoer | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

Miss Hagen said that she considers "Key Largo" Maxwell Anderson's best play to date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Uta Hagen Describes Harvard Men as Suave and Gentlemanly at All Times | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

...Key Largo" is a play with an axe to grind. Plot and cast are subordinate to the grinding. So is the entertainment value. But with such men as McClintic, Mielziner, and Muni at the helm of the production, the element of entertainment is far from gone. McClintic and Mielziner are up to standard,--that is praise enough. As for Paul Muni, he's been sun-bathing out in the wilderness of California far too long. He belongs on the stage. He belongs in front of an audience he can feel and which in turn can feel the dynamite...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: The Playgoer | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

...Harvard men are suave and gentlemanly under all circumstances," comely Uta Hagen, starring opposite Paul Muni in "Key Largo," stated yesterday. "I love them as much as I can after having married a Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Uta Hagen Describes Harvard Men as Suave and Gentlemanly at All Times | 11/18/1939 | See Source »

...this was in reply to Germany's continuing to concentrate troops along her Dutch border. Dutch soldiers, standing to their arms about 500,000 strong, removed all road signs in frontier districts, to confuse an invader. Bridges and key roads remained mined. At the same time, to release them for work at home, the Government demobilized the Class of 1924. No one really expected a German push, especially if the Dutch canals and rivers do not freeze solid this winter (as they did last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN THEATRE: Neutral Preparedness | 11/13/1939 | See Source »

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