Word: scenes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pictures follow one another so fast (30 a second) that they are blended by the eye to give the illusion of motion-just as the eye blends the frames on a strip of movie film. Pictures or elements of pictures in the primary colors will blend too, giving a scene in reasonably natural colors...
...wouldn't expect Boston's Latin Quarter to be the scene of a revolutionary experiment in show business. Yet that night club is currently initiating a complete musical revue, much like the Broadway product--and this in the same room where you can eat a wiener schnitzel and drink an African Zombie. At 8:30 and 11:30 p.m. the nitery's green-vested waiters clear the dessert dishes and fill the water glasses; the lights dim, and the stage at one end of the room becomes the center of interest for the next hour, as a group of young...
...will probably be used as a community playhouse, but Broadway will not feel its influence for many years. A few elements may cause trouble even in Hartford. For example, the revolving stage may be called upon to perform more than it is functionally able to, in the matter of scene shifts. Mr. Wright's claim that the playhouse will bring "a new life for the theater" is premature at this point...
...bobby-soxers under his stateroom bed on the Mauretania. As a fledgling of 21, making his first tour, William Holden suffered hotel-room invasions by voracious women. In 1946, at London's first Royal Film Performance, a Hollywood contingent headed by Ray Milland touched off a mob scene that sent three fans to the hospital and 100 to first-aid stations...
Occupational Hazard. In Richmond, the Virginia State Industrial Commission allowed a claim of $176 for medical expenses to Actor Mell Turner, who said that during a love scene he misjudged the distance, broke his nose on the leading lady's forehead...