Word: screens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Robert [Nanook of the North] Flaherty's cinema is as far removed from the theatrical tradition as it can possibly be. His screen is not a stage to which the action of a story is brought, but rather a magical opening in the theater wall, through which one may look out to the wide world: overseeing and overhearing the intimate things of common life which only the camera and microphone of the film artist can reveal...
...Screen Guild Players (Mon. 10 p.m., CBS). The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, with Joan Fontaine...
Assigned the razor's-edge task of filming a story that was blatantly unsuitable for a big, star-spangled screen entertainment, Director Edmund Goulding (Grand Hotel, Claudia) did his thankless work with considerable taste and polish...
...British writer, born in Russia. "I Was a King in Babylon" is his first play, and at a rather ripe old age, Gerhardi is witnessing Jed Harris' production of the work, plans for a New York showing next season, a fat check from paramount Pictures for the screen rights to the vehicle, and, of course, the Veterans Theater's grand opening at Rindge Tech auditorium...
Report has it that "Blue Skies" marks Fred Astaire's dancing exit from the screen. The performance of Astaire's brilliant extremities causes even the easeful singing of a portly Der Bingle to pale by comparison. Two of Astaire's routines are especially good--a top-hat-and-cane number, "Putting On The Ritz," and a technicolorful costume piece, "Heat Wave." While not quite up to the standard of his "Limehouse Blues" performance in "Ziegfield Follies," they still feature Mr. Astaire, and that, fans, will suffice...