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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...they are ushered into Franklin Roosevelt's private sanctum. Here the President, comfortably tucked in under a massive desk and surrounded by a background of secretaries and Secret Service men, sits flourishing his cigaret holder. The correspondents gather closely around the front of the desk trying politely to look as though all this were a marvel they had never seen before and scarcely dared hope to see again. The questions then begin...
This week Locw's presents two pictures of average merit by M. G. M. "The Bad Man of Brimstone," with Wallace Beery in the title role, is sort of a western a la mode, with sepia platinum filming as its only outstanding characteristic. The hot wastes of Arizona look well in this medium, as does Virginia Bruce, always more reminiscent of the rotogravure debutante than of the prairie mother. Yet if her striking coiffe and general showgirl demeanor make Miss Bruce an anachronism in any western, Mr. Beery, who has a way of making homicide seem unimportant, is also miscast...
...doubtful whether Mr. Conant expects to solve unemployment by his proposals as much as he wants to improve the quality of Harvard graduates. Certainly, he does not consider the University, as some educators look at their institutions, a business for the mass production of college men. Yet, his intentions do not free him from the rightful charge that the dubiousness of his report promoted many inaccurate interpretations and much public resentment...
...observers regarded the suspension of Northwest's passenger license - not only for its Lockheed 14Hs but for all its ships-as punitive. They guessed that the Department of Commerce, up to its ears in criticism for having approved the fatal ship, would quickly restore Northwest's license, look for another goat. Said Senator Copeland, accident-conscious chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee: "Whether or not the structure of the plane was properly planned is the question and the embarrassing thing is that the plane was approved by the Department...
...Durante. nursing a hangover and memories of his youth at a rehearsal, talking himself from gloom to good humor until he launches on a flight of Broadway poetry: "The stage may be the pickle works to some people, but it's a big box of candy to me. Look at that blonde. ... I should be paying the boss for the privilege of working here...