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...kidded the vagaries of the Soviets; in To Be he succeeds-as Hollywood had not yet done-in deftly ridiculing Hitler and his Nazis. His story is an actor's-eye-view of the Nazi occupation of Poland. As the Alfred Lunt & Lynn Fontanne of Warsaw's Polski troupe, the Turas (Jack Benny and Miss Lombard) are a brittle couple. Their favorite soliloquy is Hamlet's To be, or not to be. . . . He likes to deliver it because it flatters his ego, at length; she likes it because it gives her time to entertain her male admirers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Mar. 16, 1942 | 3/16/1942 | See Source »

Generally speaking, I like your magazine. However, your stand on Polish questions, exhibiting either prejudice or ignorance of European affairs, is disgusting. I am therefore obliged to cancel my subscription. C. DZIADULEWICZ Kuryer Publishing Co. Publishers of the Kuryer Polski* Milwaukee, Wis. Let onetime Subscriber C. Dziadulewicz specify in behalf of Kuryer Polski instances of prejudice or ignorance in TIME'S treatment of Polish news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Justice | 12/26/1927 | See Source »

...announced in Manhattan that the U. S. Federal Reserve Bank had granted a credit of $10,000,000, secured by gold to the Bank Polski. The loan is for one year at 4½%. The credit will be used to maintain the zloty on the exchange because Polish currency was recently placed on a gold basis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Credit | 9/7/1925 | See Source »

Propkop Maxa, Czech Minister to Poland, went to the Theatre Polski at Warsaw. He was at his ease with his feet on the backs of the seats in front of him. The audience objected. The diplomat insisted. The theatre authorities ejected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Eccentric | 7/30/1923 | See Source »

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