Word: philo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After meeting Samuels in a bar, three soldiers go to his room and one of them, in a drunken rage, kills the 'Jew boy." Thus far, the story is nothing more than another Philo Vance tale, but original elements begin to appear when Robert Young, like any enterprising detective, looks for a motive. After a few false starts the sleuth realizes that Montgomery--Robert Ryan--harbors a mania against the people who stayed home during the war, especially Jews. While the remainder of the plot is not especially original in itself, the story benefits from excellent acting and a couple...
Wilbur A. Cowett '45 won the James Gerdon Bennett prize for his essay on "Civil Liability of the Bueaurocracy for Unilateral Administrative Acts." The income from the Philo Sherman Bennett fund was awarded to Sumner L. Feidberg '45 for his paper on "Chain Stores...
...transcribed program with blank periods for commercials-so that it can be sold to any number of sponsors. A few Ziv-produced open-enders: the Wayne King, Barry Wood, Kenny Baker, Easy Aces and Philo Vance shows...
...Philo Sherman Bennett Prize of $50, for the best essay on the principles of free government, was won by Donald H. Shaw '43, of Oelwein, Iowa, for an essay "Congressional Reapportionment and Redistricting in the States...
Remember the Day (20th Century-Fox) is a belated bow to the public-school teachers of America. It is also a sensitive portrayal of a youngster (Douglas Croft) who honestly adores his pretty, understanding teacher (Claudette Colbert). Based on Philo Higley's and Philip Dunning's 1935 Broadway play, the picture will remind many a U.S. grownup of his grade-school days...