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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...film companies must keep on putting out other less inspired pictures to stay in the black. Under these circumstances Paramount produced "The Paleface," a drama of the Old West which concerns the famous Calamity Jane and a mousy dentist. All who go to see this film with an open (preferably blank) mind will probably think it somewhere between riotous and hilarious. It may not be art, but it certainly is terrific entertainment...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: The Paleface | 1/4/1949 | See Source »

What terms would Nationalist China accept? Chen Li-fu glumly summed up last week: "One of three avenues must open before peace can be explored: the government must make a bid-it hasn't yet formally discussed the possibility. The Communists must make a bid-why should they when they're winning? Failing one of these, a third party must offer mediation-what chance is there of such an offer? And yet our situation is very critical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Very Critical | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

Outside the drab yellow walls of the Covent Garden Opera House last week, Londoners stamped their feet in the foot-numbing chill. Some had been waiting six hours for the gallery door to open. Backstage, Choreographer Frederick Ashton, in a skirt and a high wig, rushed around with last-minute instructions. The occasion was the first new full-length, classic-style ballet Western Europe had seen in 50 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Cinderella in London | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...hearings ended, Vermont's Senator Ralph E. Flanders, subcommittee chairman, disagreed with O'Mahoney. Flanders, who said he had gone into the hearings with an open mind, concluded: "There seems to be better justification for profits than I had expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ECONOMY: Two Sides of the Street | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

...other hand, the committee frankly admitted that opportunities for commercial application of atomic energy are distinctly "limited as compared with the opportunities which exist . . . in other fields." Nevertheless, the committee thought industry would discover many "economically rewarding" activities if AEC would open up-and AEC, in turn, should benefit from industry's enormous know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Atom Blast | 1/3/1949 | See Source »

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