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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tight Little Island. A 100-proof British comedy about a whisky famine on a Hebridean island and how the inhabitants relieved it (TIME...
...years ago, has been living happily in the Melbourne suburb of Saint Kilda with his wife and two children. At Colombo two weeks ago, John Trench-Thiedemann was one of a mixed-blood deputation which waited on Spender, to ask that Australia limit the test for Eurasians to proof of their descent, without requiring "predominantly European features." Spender promised to see what could be done...
...Salonika, the most colorful competition was provided by the leader of the Byzantine Party, Michael Angelopoulou, whose symbol is the two-headed eagle. He calls himself Michael I* and claims to be descended from the Byzantine Dynasty, but scorns requests for proof ("let someone contest it if he dares"). He urges all parties to unite with him for restoration of the Byzantine Empire, "of course without quarreling with the Turks, who are good, sweet fellows." Fiery, mustached Emperor Michael is vague about most of his program, but specific on one point: if elected, he wants a carved walnut throne. When...
Only 300 grams (about ⅔ Ib.) of silver iodide were used on that day, and Dr. Langmuir offered elaborate mathematical proof that this small amount brought down 320 billion gallons of rain, enough to fill all of New York City's reservoirs. He thinks that the iodide particles, drifting eastward, caused a long streak of rain through southern Colorado and Kansas. "It is very important," he concluded, "that regular tests on certain selected days of each week be carried out throughout the year using amounts of seeding agents just sufficient to obtain conclusive statistical data as to their effectiveness...
...expertly as his story. Valli's playing of a girl numbed with loyal, grieving love is just right. Gotten and Howard fill out every corner of their characterizations; and a supporting cast of excellent European actors with new faces keeps the stars on their toes. The ultimate proof of Reed's powers as a director: he has managed to get a temperate, first-rate performance out of Orson Welles...