Word: roles
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Less concerned with the strength of the brew than with his place at table, Warner Crooner Dick Powell this week refused to play in The Garden of the Moon because Actor Pat O'Brien had a better role than his. For Crooner Powell: twelve weeks' suspension...
With equal smartness Noel Coward has played the roles of actor, composer, librettist, playwright, autobiographer. Last week he took on a new role. A few weeks earlier his latest musical show, Operette, had opened in London, got distinctly chilly reviews-which jangled Coward's nerves. Sympathetic as a family physician, the British Admiralty promptly sent him on an official visit to the Mediterranean fleet, bade him find out what British sailors like in the way of movies...
...miles along the Cinca to cover their retreat. Wading chest deep through the icy waters, the 60,000 Rightists crossed at Fraga, which had just been reduced to shambles by 160 Rightist bombers. Pontoon bridges were then flung over the Cinca, the motorized units roared across, resumed their role as the steel spearhead...
Orator Göring, addressing himself to the whole people of Austria in his economic role as Chief of the German Four-Year Plan (TIME, Nov. 2, 1936), announced a 16-point program of Austrian economic rehabilitation. "Austria's economic reconstruction is the task of the Germans in Austria!" he cried. "Germany will furnish the necessary capital and strength. ... A year hence ask me whether I have kept my promises or whether you want to return to the Schuschnigg system...
...with the pirate Jean Lafitte, (Fredric March) and his part in winning the battle of New Orleans, the picture affords a liberal glimpse at the romantic lives of the men without a country. Mr. March turns in an excellent performance, but the honors go to Akim Tamiroff in the role of Dominique You. His sympathetic portrayal of the strong, coarse, kindly outlaw is guaranteed to transport the audience far beyond the realms of Harvard Square. The picture is recommended for first-class entertainment...