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When reporting on Unitarians, you must remember that the principle of the free mind in religion is paramount to all particular beliefs and dogmas. . . . We are not unanimous, for we insist on thinking for ourselves, without the aid or hindrance of revealed "truth" or official church pronouncements. Our motto can be well stated: "Here not all think alike, but all alike think...
Variety's high box-office scores (for April): 1) Dragonwyck (20th Century-Fox); 2) Ziegfeld Follies (M-G-M); 3) The Virginian (Paramount); 4) Saratoga Trunk (Warner); 5) Road to Utopia (Paramount...
...Blue Dahlia (Paramount) and Her Kind of Man (Warner) are welcome throwbacks to a better, rougher day in movies. Before Hollywood had adjusted to talk without forgetting all the vivid lessons of silence, when none of the men in power had heard too much about literature, or movies as a white-collar art, and the sinister forces of Decency were still relatively quiescent, many vigorous, perceptive and entertaining movies were turned out. The best dealt with violence and skill-usually criminal-in big cities. Good examples: Public Enemy, Little Caesar, The Crowd Roars...
...Virginian (Paramount). Everett Cyril Johnson, who claimed to be the Virginian of Owen Wister's novel, died in Calgary, Alberta just before this latest einemadaptation of his exploits was released. It was for him, perhaps, a blessing in disguise...
Variety's high box-office scores (for March): 1) Adventure (M-G-M), 2) Road to Utopia (Paramount), 3) The Bells of St. Mary's (RKO Radio), 4) The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (Columbia...