Word: stageful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...acquired the certiorari* jurisdiction, that all cases ready for argument have been heard and decided." But by Warren's own figures, Frankfurter had a point. At last reckoning, the Supreme Court had disposed of 1,415 cases during its present term, compared with 1,391 at the same stage of the previous term. Yet 1,836 cases remained on its dockets, an increase of 52 over the same time last year...
...Hollywood sound stage, Fleet Admiral William F. ("Bull") Halsey, 76, peered through his thick-lensed glasses, did an approving doubletake. Object of his scrutiny: Cinemactor James Cagney, 54, his natural resemblance to Halsey startlingly enhanced by makeup, playing Bull Halsey in a movie titled The Gallant Hours, which will depict the Bull's role in winning the Battle of Guadalcanal. Said Cagney: "This film is a labor of love and gratitude to a man who, when the chips were down, performed...
...Dainty June, life without Mother was dismal. An awkward adolescent, she had grown out of her job as a child hoofer. Hungry, she split with her husband, signed on as a marathon dancer near Boston. Just as the stage had been June's nursery, the marathon became her college, and she gives an effective description of one of the weirdest fads of the '20s and '30s. Dredged from the bottom of the Depression, the dancers were "horses" rather than humans, swung on their feet for days, weeks and months-with an eleven-minute break every hour...
Much of the committee's deliberations apparently center about the question of whether a man or a woman should be chosen. At an earlier stage, the committee was reportedly prepared to endorse a member of the History Department...
...particularly attractive, it contains no pornography, either in the situation itself or in the way it is photographed. The playwright's declared purpose is to show corruption, and his story does so while remaining well within the bounds of what is acceptable on the modern screen or stage. The real trouble with the film lies in Williams' failure to make his people anything more than corrupt. They have more medical than dramatic interest--or at least they did until Elia Kazan got to work on them...