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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fifty miles off the north coast of Sicily, the dying volcano of Stromboli juts 3,000 feet out of the tepid Tyrrhenian. Italians call its five square miles l'isola nera (the black island), remember that in ancient days its crater was known as the gateway to purgatory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fantasy on the Black Island | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...Reale, and the three talked far into the night. Next day, "for the protection of my family," Ingrid issued a statement: "I have met my husband here and have discussed and clarified our situation . . ." No one thought that the statement clarified anything, but she and Rossellini went back to l'isola nera to finish their picture. Dr. Lindstrom, back in Rome, made a statement of his own just before he took a plane for the U.S. "There will be no divorce . . ." He added wearily: "Italy is a beautiful country, but it is too full of fantasies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fantasy on the Black Island | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

Professor Charles L. Kuhn, Curator of the museum, explained last night that the mask was really not too valuable, having been carved only recently by a New York man. Kuhn called the thievery the first in the museum in several years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mask Missing in Museum Mystery | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

...airplane that can land and take off in a tennis court has been designed by Lynn L. Bollinger, associate professor of Business Administration, it was announced yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Plane Can Land In A Tennis Court | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

Schnabel will give two lectures on "Music--Its Function and Limitations" here early next December. He succeeds Howard Hanson, of the Eastman School of Music. Hanson took over the post after its establishment in 1948. Mrs. Bertha L. Elson donated the lecture series in honor of her husband, a Boston musician and critic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Schnabel Will Get Elson Lectureship | 5/16/1949 | See Source »

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