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Instead of being humorous, the Shylock of Arthur Loeb emerges as a sympathetic, almost tragic figure. Loeb possesses a commanding stage presence and a fine speaking voice. When he limps across the stage, the limp is pathetic rather than ridiculous, and when he rages for justice, he seems to deserve...
Cinematically, Blackboard Jungle is no great shakes. The camera work is commonplace and the emotional pace limps. The actors do better. Glenn Ford is a believable symbol of two-fisted do-goodism; Louis Calhern captures that special look of secret decay that can come from breathing chalk dust for 30...
SINCE 1939, world trade has been out of joint. Buffeted by war and cold war, it limps along a narrow defile between the face of the Iron Curtain and the perils of the "dollar gap." This year there has been marked improvement. Europe is back on its feet (TIME, Nov...
"This morning," said Baptist Carlson, "we are here to renew our faith and our commitment to God." In the next half-hour, half a dozen notables rose to their feet. Wisconsin Senator Alexander Wiley, a Lutheran, read from the First Psalm ("Blessed is the man that walketh not in the...
Author Treece's is the story of how Rome clamped the vise of imperial rule on the unruly western tribesmen, as seen through the eyes of the losing side. Caradoc, proud and restive young King of the Belgae, dreams of uniting all the tribes of Britain and driving the...