Word: shermanism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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McKinley, Sherman...
...calling her a one-woman dance committee-doesn't come close to describing her duties. For example, she is in charge of Sherman Hall, where wives kill time waiting for their husbands, and the men may meet their girls. This task has recently skyrocketed, since Sherman serves 2800 people a month now instead of the former average of about...
...calling her a one-women dance committee doesn't come close to describing her duties. For example, she is in charge of Sherman Hall, where wives kill time waiting for their husbands, and the men may meet their, girls. This task has recently skyrocketed, since Sherman serves 2800 people a month now instead of the former average of about...
...Hunt's general store with the other girls, and went hazel-nutting with them. She was always the one who was teased, but through the teasing she learned American gags. Later the girls went north to a summer school. A history teacher asked Mei-ling to describe Sherman's march through Georgia. "Pardon me," said Meiling, "I am a Southerner, and that subject is very painful...
That this depressing story remains above-average entertainment is mainly due to incisive writing (by Scenarists Daniel Fuchs and Peter Viertel), and to direction by Vincent Sherman that results in honest, intelligent acting by an excellent cast. Jack Carson's job as a simpleminded, big-hearted hoofer is masterly; Dennis