Word: ralph
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ralph Richardson is cast as John Ridgeway, a manufacturer who was once a dare-devil aviator and who feels the same way about breaking the sound barrier as some men would about exploring virgin territory. Ridgeway must send more planes and aviators to attempt the seemingly impossible, even after his son-in-law crashes in the first test plane. Although he alienates his daughter and wonders himself whether or not his vision is an evil spirit, he continues. When one of his planes finally beats the barrier, Ridgeway feels no clation--only, perhaps, relief...
...will probably have their own recession, or "readjustment," just as the textile industry had a recession in booming 1952. There will be price cuts, and some have already begun. In its first 1953 catalog, Sears, Roebuck & Co. trimmed its prices an average of 9%. Said G.E.'s President Ralph Cordiner: "The chips are down. This year the weak sisters will fall by the way." Businessmen generally feel that 1953 will be a "hard sell year," notably in such items as refrigerators, radios and farm equipment, which show signs of saturating the market. To keep up sales, International Harvester...
...will probably have their own recession, or "readjustment," just as the textile industry had a recession in booming 1952. There will be price cuts, and some have already begun. In its first 1953 catalog, Sears, Roebuck & Co. trimmed its prices an average of 9%. Said G.E.'s President Ralph Cordiner: "The chips are down. This year the weak sisters will fall by the way." Businessmen generally feel that 1953 will be a "hard sell year," notably in such items as refrigerators, radios and farm equipment, which show signs of saturating the market. To keep up sales, Interna tional Harvester...
Breaking the Sound Barrier (London Films; United Artists). The stresses & strains, mechanical as well as human, of supersonic flight in Director David Lean's British-made film; with Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd (TIME...
Breaking the Sound Barrier. A soaring British film picturing the stresses & strains, mechanical as well as human, of supersonic flight; with Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd (TIME...