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...against the former. From an obscure eight-year man in the House, with more of Washington's shoe-polish than of Texas' alkali on his boots. Martin Dies had, with all his unfairness as a prosecutor and ineptitude as an investigator, become the Opposition's favorite splinter in the Administration's fundament. His continuance as an inquisitor specifically demonstrated other things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: National Figure | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

John Ford, the director of "The Informer" and specialist in fog effects, has made a rather exciting adventure story out of "Submarine Patrol," celluloid epic of the U-boat chasing "splinter fleet." If you can sink back into plush upholstery, forgetting the tremendous bellows of Hollywood publicity that are building up Nancy Kelly into stardom and the sweet simplicity of sturdy Richard Greene, you may enjoy the fine technical effects (especially the fog) of this bloodless movie. The film's makers have had to go afield from the old love-interest, which is a pretty wet gag in Hollywood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 1/27/1939 | See Source »

...Captain Bligh and his Henry VIII. The script, by Bartlett Cormack, is suave enough to make the implications of its story acceptable to U. S. censors. Good shot: the beginning of a profound change in the relationship of Ginger Ted and the lady missionary- when she removes a splinter from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Jan. 2, 1939 | 1/2/1939 | See Source »

SYDNEY MINES, Nova Scotia--With more than 250 aboard, a mine train ran wild today down a mile of track deep into the Princess Colliery diggings to splinter finally against a mine wall at 60 miles an hour, killing 20 of its occupants and injuring 45 more...

Author: By (the UNITED Press), | Title: Over the Wire | 12/7/1938 | See Source »

...took another splinter from the pile of odds and cuds and sat down again. There was no hurry. It would take them a quarter of an hour yet to get the cradle cleared. He was excited--yes, there was no denying that. Launching, like birth, is a supreme moment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 5/18/1938 | See Source »

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