Word: laskin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...plot of Carnival is probably the best one script-writers B. Laskin and V. Polvakov ever turned in. Ogurtsov (Igor Ilyinsky) is boss man at the House of Culture. The youngsters there are planning to throw a bread-and-circus type New Year's Eve Party, but Ogurtsov wants culture: lecturers, string quartets, and the rest. Students conspire. Ogurtsov is defeated and everybody has a great time. It's wonderful stuff...
...board found, "it is not enough for the union to go through the motions of giving back-to-work orders . . . There must be prompt attempts to get the employees back to work ... It may be necessary . . . even to take disciplinary measures against particular members of the union." Said Bora Laskin, law professor at the University of Toronto who acted as chairman of the arbitration board: "[The ruling] reaffirms the very fundamental principle that if there is a breach of contract, the party in default has got to answer for the breach." And unless the board could assess damages, Laskin added...
...Birth of a Nation" has happily been buried by Boston's censor. It's the first decent or sane thing he has ever done. At least give him credit for doing the right thing, if for the wrong reason. You can always see "My Son John.".... Franklin T. Laskin, Yale Law School...
...glance at the conditions under which "Birth of a Nation" would have been shown casts doubt on Mr. Laskin's fears. The Boston Cinema Society selects films for their artistics excellence and for their contribution to moving-picture techniques. There is no reason to believe that a small group devoted to these artistics interests would break into a riot, regardless of the sentiments which a film might inspire...