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The poems he has been writing in the last few years are the gleanings of a lifetime-cluttered attic. Where once he had magical insights, he is content now to write mostly shrewd and quizzical "editorials." A Masque of Reason (1945) and A Masque of Mercy (1947) Frost calls "kind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pawky Poet | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

Sunset Boulevard. How a faded old-time movie star (Gloria Swanson) attempts a comeback with the help of her kept man (William Holden); a sardonic commentary on Hollywood manners & morals (TIME, Aug. 14).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Oct. 9, 1950 | 10/9/1950 | See Source »

Sunset Boulevard. How a faded movie star (Gloria Swanson) attempts a comeback with the help of her kept man (William Holden); a sardonic commentary on Hollywood manners & morals (TIME, Aug. 14).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Oct. 2, 1950 | 10/2/1950 | See Source »

Sunset Boulevard. How a faded movie star (Gloria Swanson) attempts a comeback with the help of her kept man (William Holden); a sardonic commentary on Hollywood manners & morals (TIME, Aug. 14).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Sep. 25, 1950 | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

Sunset Boulevard. How a faded movie star (Gloria Swanson) attempts a comeback with the help of her kept man (William Holden); a sardonic commentary on Hollywood manners & morals (TIME, Aug. 14).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Sep. 18, 1950 | 9/18/1950 | See Source »

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