Word: scenes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Back on the Cambridge scene, Valpey announced that Chuck Roche would play Wingback primarily Saturday. Roche will be at tailback only for kicking chores. But the move, Jim Kenary, regarded by most as the finest Crimson passer, moves up to second string...
With the fading of tutorial from the College scene has gone much of the educational value of the Houses. Once upon a time a student had a tutor in his own House, with whom he could talk and cat on an informal basis from time to time. The tutee also came to know his fellow tutees, and with them and with his tutor a relationship approaching the legendary breakfast table education was established. Two purposes were served by this system. The students were attracted to the House and also to its less intellectual activities. And the student learned a good...
Dawn seeped over Manhattan. The Dewey headquarters, which Republicans had expected to be the scene of a joyous celebration, was a shambles. Twenty exhausted bitter-enders slumped amidst the overturned chairs, crumpled newspapers, and half-empty highball glasses full of cigarette butts. The last chance now rested with Illinois and Ohio...
Sealed Verdict (Paramount) is a sorry-example of Hollywood's new trick of using authentic backgrounds to dress up synthetic stories. The scene is a battle-scarred German city where the U.S. Army is trying war criminals. Through the realistic setting, it is all too easy to spot the old movie corn and the gimmick...
Hawkes impressing portrayal of the outdoors breaks down in the final ten minutes. Up to the last scene, Wayne and Clift are motivated by concerns for cattle, self-preservation and pride--understandable feelings. Wayne is out to get Clift, also understandable. But the outdoors doesn't lend itself to a convenient ending. Only the tragically abortive assistance of convention can reconcile the two men. In the last few minutes, "Red River" degenerates as a document of the West and winds up in a burst of horse-operatic fervor. Better see the main part again, partner, to get the bad taste...