Word: maining
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Center Ring. The main ring in Washington's three-ring circus is the official circle. Here are the big governmental names which the successful hostess, of whatever circle, must catch. Most of them are ready to be caught: they hold offices of high prestige and medium salaries, which limit their own powers of entertaining. In, this ring, Perle Mesta is supreme...
Bavaria's countryside, its soft-rolling hills and gabled farmhouses blanketed by late snow, looked as snug and changeless as ever. Only at a few points along main roads did little, neatly painted buildings strike an odd note: U.S. snack bars, complete with hamburger, jukebox and all the refined necessities of American life. They reminded you that this is, in a sense, America's Bavaria...
When the news of her victory reached Dr. Van Waters yesterday, she remarked that "the main task is to keep this great public interest which has been aroused functioning in constructive channels ... The great good is that the public has learned something about the needs and nature of the woman offender...
...think that its main fault lies in the plot. Perhaps a more accurate statement would be that its main fault lies in the interpretation given its plot by this or, I believe, any non-Italian-speaking spectator. Some crucial situations in the film seemed incredible and several episodes were confusing to follow; when shown in its native country this would undoubtedly not be so. (There is a paradox in this--the half-a-dozen great Italian post-war films imported to America have had a larger audience here than in Italy. Since they have all dealt with the agonies...
...music and lyrics carried the main weight, however. From overture to final chorus, the songs were the strong point. All types of musical comedy song were well accounted for. "Passport and a Sigh" and "Halcyon Days" are truly fine solo numbers on the popular-song level; "Tomorrow is Manana" and "Anygnay" made exciting production numbers; and the lyrics in "The Best Things in Life Are in 'Life' " and "They Can't Get Along Without Me" made these ensembles the top numbers of the show...