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...class prosperity: neat two-story homes in Ikoyi suburb, equipped with every modern convenience; a ramshackle bar in Shopono Street doing a hotcakes business in the best imported beer at 35? a bottle. A block from Ibadan's new University College, Nigerian necromancers sell dried mice, parrot beaks, snake fangs and yellow and blue face powders. On Sundays and pleasant evenings in Lagos, the folk who dress by day in rags emerge, as if by magic, in natty slacks and clean, yellow nylon sport shirts for an evening at the movies. And amid Nigeria's poverty, there...
When the lights came back on again, Dr. Jekyll's assistant had made about the twentieth row and seemed to be clutching a snake. "It's all clean and all in fun," Dr. Jekyll giggled. After hypnotising David who had been standing around a while, Dr. Jekyll announced, "Now comes the horror part of our show...
Married. Anatole Litvak, 53, Russian-born cinema director (The Snake Pit; Sorry, Wrong Number); and Sophie Bourdein, 32, French model; both for the second time (his first: Actress Miriam Hopkins); in Las Vegas...
...When The Snake Pit appeared with a splash of acclaim in 1949, its brutal realism blinded the public eye and aroused a good deal of righteous indignation. Six years of national reflection on the inadequacy of mental hospitals has brought little reform. Hearsay from PBH Volunteers seems to refute accusations that the movie was more imaginative than truthful. Reconsideration shows that it has both qualities...
...Snake Pit will brighten the day of few who see it. But as a significant social warning, the sacrifice is well worth-while. A stop-over at the Casablanca after the show is not recommended...