Word: storming
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Grimes" is done in the grand manner, and this detracts somewhat, particularly in the case of the oversized chorus which exceeds the stage capacity. The direction is much better than the usual variety, however, in spite of some sloppy moments. In the second scene of the first act, a storm theme appears whenever the door of the pub is opened. Unfortunately, the door and the orchestra seldom coincide. With the exception of Grimes' hut, the sets are realistic and firm--two uncommon advantages...
Freak weather may change everything. Brooks cited the one storm a few years ago that covered New Hampshire with 30 inches of powder in the middle...
...will compete with such books as Eisenhower's "Crusade in Europe," Churchill's "The Gathering Storm," Kinsey's "Sexual Behavior in The Human Male," and "The Naked and the Dead" by Norman Mailer '41 for the Gutenberg Award, to be given by the Book Manufacturer's Institute...
Before the storm broke, the Senate hustled to get some of its cargo under cover. After 3½ weeks of listening to 50 witnesses, the Senate Labor Committee got down to the business of writing a new labor law to replace Taft-Hartley. The Banking Committee, with the support of 22 Senators from both sides of the aisle, brought out a housing bill which would provide 810,000 low-rent housing units by 1955, just about halfway between Harry Truman's request and Republican counterproposals...
...point, Selznick decided to close his opus on a more tangible note than timelessness and ends with a hurricane scene that completely breaks the mood of the picture, literally winding it up on the rocks. An additional battery of loudspeakers is spotted around the theater; during the storm scene, they are filled with sounds of wind and surf. The trade calls this device Multi-Sound and it is when the wind is screaming the loudest, and everyone is wondering what has become of the fresh air, that Jenny appears for the last time. For some obscure reason, an extra large...