Word: showing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...trumpets have blared and the drums have rolled, publicity has poured forth in torrents and "Kiss the Boys Good-bye" has roared into town, hot off B'way and the pages of "Life." This ought to be enough to brand almost any show as anti-climactical. But "Kiss the Boys Good-bye," surprisingly enough, lives up to expectations...
Those who show a deficiency in their reading skill will be placed in one of five sections, four for Freshmen and Sophomores and one for upperclassmen and graduates, meeting twice a week. If the results are as satisfactory as last year's, more than half the students will show an improvement in academic standing, according to Salmon...
...seen, together with etchings and engravings by Goya and Delacroix. Blake's illustrations of passages from the Old Testament are reminiscent of the zealous poetry found in his "Prophetic Books." The engravings, especially one called "The Fire Of God Is Fallen From Heaven," contain tortuous, Signorelli-like figures which show the artist's fanatical insight when dealing with the Scriptures. Blake's line is firm and decisive, expressing his sincere and dynamic mysticism...
...gold into one of the most imposing pictures of the season. Of course, Frank Baum has been rather left out of things in the process and a strong aroma of Walt Disney drifts out from the screen at times, but however hybrid is the plot, it is a good show...
...that M.G.M. felt so duty-bound to show off their surplus capital. Such ridiculous extravaganzas as the "Munchkin Village" and the "Emerald Palace" call for a long and lusty yawn. Ten such scenes aren't worth one of Judy Garland singing "Over the Rainbow" against a two-bit photo-drop, or Bert Lahr chewing his tail. As a matter of fact, the none-too-distinguished cast has run away with the show, leaving the lavish sets sitting around without much to do. Bert Lahr may go rolling down through the annals of film history as an all-time high...