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...night last week a U.S. Information Service film unit went to the schoolyard in the farming village of Manpori to show some movies. By 9 in the evening, when the program began, almost 3,000 people, the entire population of the township, had crowded into the open-air theater. After the show was over, an old and respected farmer, dignified with his pointed white beard and black undersize hat, stood up to thank the Americans. "You have left your great cities that we have seen tonight to come here," he said, "and we are grateful. We are happy that...
Rain stopped the Dramatic Club from baring its first outdoor production of "The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife," yesterday. It was too wet for H.D.C. members to finish painting the open-air theatre they constructed behind the Hygiene Building. The play is now slated to open at 3:30 p.m. tonight...
Critics have praised De Siea for his realism in scenes which occur as the trail leads the father and son to an open-air bicycle market, a medium's home, and a bordello. Unlike the forthright realism of his "Shoeshine," however De Siea's treatment here is often contrived. At one point the boy falls into a puddle while running after his father, an incident which seems injected for the sole purpose of proving the film's spontaneity of detail. The photography is consistently fine, but at times it also appears too forced for true dramatic impact...
...second day's run covered seven towns, a mayor's luncheon and open-air speeches in a drizzling rain, but on the third day Violet was up again bright & early to drive more miles. Once during the day, she hoisted herself on an open truck while an audience of electrical workers sang "For he's a jolly good fellow" to her husband. On the Attlees drove to Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, Lancaster and across the Scottish border to Kilmarnock where heavy snow made the going rough...
...fashion needs of the well-heeled have been Garfinckel's chief concern ever since Founder Julius Garfinckel opened his shop on Washington's F Street in 1905. He stocked it with such things as French handbags, fine furs, lingerie and jewelry, built up such prestige that Garfinckel's soon became the most fashionable store in the capital. A vegetarian and health faddist, he kept his office desk on an open-air terrace except in coldest winter. He built his business to a gross of $3.2 million without ever running display advertisements in a newspaper or magazine...