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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that he was "expertly informed that, should it at any time serve the interests of the two great democracies, their Navies would automatically complement each other in the Pacific." Added Columnist Krock: "This is the kind of understanding that is hardly more than a wink or a nod, the sort of thing not Mr. Johnson or anyone else can extract from men's inner minds by means of a resolution...
Late last week, exactly five days after Secretary of State Cordell Hull had categorically denied that there was any written or implied agreement of any sort between the British and U. S. fleets (TIME, Feb. 14), three modern U. S. cruisers, Trenton, Milwaukee and Memphis, steamed into narrow Singapore Strait and dropped anchor to the boom of welcoming salutes from British shore batteries...
This week Locw's presents two pictures of average merit by M. G. M. "The Bad Man of Brimstone," with Wallace Beery in the title role, is sort of a western a la mode, with sepia platinum filming as its only outstanding characteristic. The hot wastes of Arizona look well in this medium, as does Virginia Bruce, always more reminiscent of the rotogravure debutante than of the prairie mother. Yet if her striking coiffe and general showgirl demeanor make Miss Bruce an anachronism in any western, Mr. Beery, who has a way of making homicide seem unimportant, is also miscast...
...Since the crash of collective security, there is nothing left but balance of power to maintain an equilibrium," Hopper said, "but just how to get Britain and America to co-operate is always sort of a difficulty...
Throughout the picture the acting is excellent. Miss Faye is enchanting as Belle Fawcett, a sort of nineteenth century chorus girl. Mr. Power is surprisingly modern and very real as a combination politician and saloon-keeper, and Mr. Ameche, in a simpler part, is satisfactory. "In Old Chicago" is well acted, masterfully directed, and provides first-rate entertainment...