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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The Bicycle Thief (De Sica; Mayer-Burstyn), an Italian-made film by Vittorio De Sica (Shoeshine) arrives in the U.S. heavy with prizes and praise collected in Europe. Rene Clair has called it "the best film for 30 years." It is a fine, sentimental tragedy, filled with bitter social comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Import | 12/12/1949 | See Source »

Keepsake. In Los Angeles, as an added service to a lubrication job, Mechanic J. H. Fisher removed a squeak from a car door, put it back next day at the owner's request because it had "sentimental memories."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Dec. 5, 1949 | 12/5/1949 | See Source »

For Righteousness. In World War I he was an Army chaplain at Camp Upton, and long before World War II he became an interventionist. Condemning the "sentimental pacifism" of some of his colleagues, he said in 1938: "I am not for peace at any price, but rather for righteousness at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Fast in the Faith | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

The railroads, which are still making money on freight, know how to make money on passengers too, and have proved it on their main-line trains. They know that it is the uneconomical branch lines which eat up the profits. Yet state regulatory bodies, often for sentimental reasons, balk at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: Red Signal | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

They Live by Night (RKO Radio) is a sleeper, i.e., a low-budget job that surprises its makers by being a hit. It has had a delayed release in the U.S. after making a reputation for itself in England. Except for its sentimental view of crooks, it is a well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Nov. 28, 1949 | 11/28/1949 | See Source »

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