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Though the whole process was one of mute foreboding, like a visit to a dentist or a piano teacher, the average citizen held still for the frisk and sometimes even managed a wan smile. By dint of withholding and pay-as-you-go plans, the government usually had his tax money by March anyhow. And this year, because of tax law changes in 1948, he could experience a temporary and spurious elation-of approximately 50 million taxpayers (5,000,000 fewer than last year's record total), 80% would get rebates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Milking the Mice | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

Johnny Belinda. A heavily laureled drama about a deaf-mute's regeneration, with Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 14, 1949 | 2/14/1949 | See Source »

Johnny Belinda. A heavily laureled drama about a deaf-mute's rebirth, with Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 7, 1949 | 2/7/1949 | See Source »

Johnny Belinda. A heavily laureled drama about a deaf mute's regeneration, with Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Jan. 31, 1949 | 1/31/1949 | See Source »

...individual kudos, few critics could ignore Olivier for his direction, production and acting of Hamlet. The year's outstanding performances by actresses were notable for a lack of glamor: Olivia de Havilland as a wild-eyed schizophrenic in The Snake Pit, Jane Wyman as a drab, deaf-mute slavey in Johnny Belinda, Barbara Stanwyck as a bedridden neurotic in Sorry, Wrong Number...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Best of 1948 | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

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