Word: motioned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Upholding the future of the theatre as opposed to motion-pictures, Hardwicke stated that "dogs, little children and dumb blondes are the best actors before a camera." He emphasized the importance of the audience to dramatic creation, pointing out that no real acting could be done over a two minute stretch with hours of interval between sections of a scene...
Other speakers that morning will be Will Hays, who is to the movie industry what Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis is to baseball, and Robert Moses, New York Park Commissioner. Hays' topic is to be "Keeping the Mind Young Through Motion Pictures," while Moses will tell how to keep the mind young through parks and playgrounds...
...test starts out with a 45-minute session of physics and chemistry. A sample question is: "A body actually in motion in a straight line with no external forces acting upon it will . . ." And then the student underlines one of four possible answers, in this case . . . "continue in uniform motion indefinitely...
...mise en scene is especially well handled, with motion pictures occupying many of the waits between the play's fifteen scenes. But audiences will forget the pink parachutes painted over the Kremlin, they will forget the startling beauty of the chorines, and they may even forget the tunes. Yet the portrait of a new Babbitt, from Topeka, Kansas, who likes nothing better than pitching horseshoes with the boys, will remain in their minds as a tribute to Mr. Moore and a charming conception of true Americanism...
...signaled the action and color of the game, ''telegraphed" the gains & losses play by play. As Minnesota won, 7-0, Miss Keller jumped to her feet again & again, cheered wildly. Said she: "I surely am pulling for Minnesota today. . . . Those beautiful kicks are really the poetry of motion. . . . They were beautifully matched teams...