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...Spook, Lux, DuWatt, and Swan...

Author: By Dwight Cramer, | Title: Merry Christmas, Ho Ho Ho | 12/21/1973 | See Source »

Daily newsreels are shown in a small theater whose entrance has been reconstructed from fragments of Trans-Lux newsreel theaters in New York and Washington; during the opening weeks, films from the '30s will feature clips of Hitler addressing his countrymen. Vintage radio sets play actual news broadcasts; H.V. Kaltenborn's reports from London crackle from a 1939 RCA portable. Similarly, major television news stories are rebroadcast, ranging in time from celebrations of the conquest of Japan to the conquest of the moon. Once each day, a duplicate of the compact Apollo 11 TV camera will be demonstrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: 284 Years of News | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

...people who see Tango in the U.S. will at least be mature in years. The film will carry an X rating, which bars admission to viewers under 18. Says Eugene Picker, an executive of the Trans-Lux Corp., which owns the Manhattan theater where Tango will open: "There is such a thing as pornography, and there is such a thing as a beautiful, well-made production by a talented director, and when you see this movie you will understand the difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Self-Portrait of an Angel and Monster | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

...jazz, usually overlaid with intricate rhythms and marzipan harmonies from the Near and Far East. Chris and New Heavenly Blue display a crackling rock style deftly blending country, pop and jazz. Dave, now 51, plays with all the style and elegance of Van Cliburn summoning up memories of Meade Lux Lewis. But Jazz Great Gerry Mulligan's attacks on baritone sax are crisp and clean, and Brubeck and Mulligan bob and glide together like Astaire and Rogers doing the Big Apple. For a finale, Mulligan, the three Brubecks and nine assorted sidemen are likely to jam for wondrous minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Poppa Dave | 9/11/1972 | See Source »

...Lux et Vanitas? Maybe Hersey is being ironic in his use of memos between police officials, though Yalemen are not noted for a sense of irony. The deadline is still next Tuesday. As Tigellinus often says, "This is a command...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiddling in Old Rome | 4/3/1972 | See Source »

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