Word: minors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Right now seems to be the open season on fantasy at least as far as the cinema is concerned. One of the more minor entries in the life after death derby is "The Cockeyed Miracle," into which somebody lured Keenan Wynn and Frank Mergan. The supposedly whimsical situations that were only mildly funny back in the days of "Topper" are beginning to age just a bit. No longer is unchecked mirth provoked by the familiar business of having characters invisible to their fellows on the screen, yet conveniently apparent to the audience, walking through walls and evening thunderstorms. All this...
...nights later, Yugoslav Ambassador Sava N. Kosanovic, a relatively minor diplomat, had 120 guests in to hear his compatriot, Violinist Zlatko Balakovic, give a recital. He, too, had Senators and a minister, and his party had a fine international air-although his official hostess, one Dr. Mica Trbojezic, did run around popping little meatballs into her guests' mouths...
...York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 2, Richard Strauss's Death and Transfiguration, Chopin's E-Minor Piano Concerto. Soloist: Pianist Artur Rubinstein. Conductor: Bruno Walter...
Einstein's Relativity explained (to the serious students who understand it) the gravitational field which extends throughout space. But it did not explain the electromagnetic field, which is quite as big a subject. Physicists have plotted some minor electromagnetic laws. Engineers know some rules of thumb: they deal with electromagnetics in nearly every piece of electrical apparatus they touch. But no one has come forward with one acceptable theory to explain both the gravitational and the electromagnetic fields...
...association with Herbert H. Harris) has a theatrical force that covers a multitude of sins. Playwright Miller (best known for his novel, Focus) tends to overload his plot and overheat his atmosphere. His writing is uneven, some of his main characters are sometimes unreal, and most of his minor characters are at all times unnecessary. But he combines enough purposefulness with enough power to make him the most interesting of Broadway's new serious playwrights-few of whom, unfortunately, are interesting...