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...University of Chicago and was on the Faculty there until 1927 when he returned to Cambridge. He is a member of the American Oriental Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Linguistic Society of America, the Royal Asiatic Society, and the Society Asiatique. Born in Digby, Nova Scotia in 1881 he came to the United States...
...Hercules, far below the range of naked-eye visibility, was observed in the midst of a flaring explosion which in nine days increased the intensity of its radiation 200,000 times and placed it among the twelve brightest stars in the sky (TIME Dec 31). Only last fortnight did Nova Herculis 1934, on the downgrade to its onetime obscurity, become again too dim to be seen without a telescope. Astronomers do not know why occasional stars blow up, venture only the vaguest guesses. But in recent years no less than 65 novae have been discovered on photographic plates...
Meanwhile in St. Louis last week, 32 boxers scuffled, danced, staggered through the last night of another A. A. U. tournament. Another Louis, Louis Nova of San Francisco, won the amateur heavyweight championship for 1935 by thrashing Joe Malinsky of Cleveland. Successor to Joe Louis, as light-heavyweight champion, was a Cleveland welder named Joe Bauer. Of the eight title-winners, four-Dave Clark (160 lb.), Al Netlow (126 lb.), Troy Bellini (118 lb.) and Bauer-were members of Chicago's Golden Gloves team (TIME, April...
Based on a story by Charles Bennett and D. B. Wyndham Lewis, The Man Who Knew Too Much starts calmly enough in St. Moritz where Lawrence (Leslie Banks), his wife (Edna Best) and their small daughter (Nova Pilbeam) are performing winter sports. A fellow guest at their hotel is mysteriously shot. Dying, he begs Lawrence to find a code message in his room, deliver it to the British Foreign Office. Lawrence finds the message but before he can deliver it, the assassins have kidnapped his daughter, threatened to kill her if Lawrence carries out his mission...
...dramatic tension and prepare for the next scene. Excellent photography characterizes the piece. In fact, the photography and incidental music both are patterns which Hollywood well might emulate. All in all, it is a work of art in typical British-Gaumont goed taste. Directed by Berthold Viertel, Miss Nova Pilbeam reaches dramatic heights which merit the attention of every movie-goer. Whether or not you'll love her, as we do, you'll appreciate...