Word: scene
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...president is mayor of his village, is about to wed his cook. She traces the next to the Marseille water front. There the cameras are literally tilted, and with shrewdly-angled photography emphasize the skidding career of the hagridden, one-eyed, epileptic physician she finds. Back at the scene of the ball, today's reality convinces her that her memories must all have been a lacy dream...
...decide to go in for the more traditional form of monarchy, and set up the Kingdom of Cafeteria in the heart of New York, seceding from the Union without causing much stir. But they need support, of course, and hence the dictators and democracies come blustering on to the scene. The treatment of the Rome-Berlin axis, and the friendly manner in which the two strong men goose-step arm in arm and kid each other about colonies, is among the best touches of the production...
Cheers and hoots greeted the appearance of the hefty chorus "girls" in scanty corsets for one scene, and observers predicted raised eyebrows at the Copley Theatre and the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, where a performance will be given on April...
...journalists. Telephone calls for foreign correspondents were tapped, mail was watched, teletype communications halted. When Adolf Hitler made his belated Vienna speech, 55 newsmen, the bulk of the foreign corps, were summoned to receive press passes, promptly caged at the point of Nazi guns, allowed to watch the scene only through the Chancellery windows...
...trip is arranged particularly for students desiring a general appreciation of the Near Eastern scene, Mather said, but Conant will hold special conferences and examinations for those wishing advanced credit...