Word: superbeings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With this book Matthew Josephson fills a gaping hole in U.S. biographical writing (hitherto there has been no good life of Victor Hugo) and adds another superb study to his series of great French literary figures (Zola and His Time, Jean-Jacques Rousseau). In the U.S. the great champions of democracy have always been practical politicians. In France they have usually been literati...
...night last week Moscow's foreign correspondents attended a preview of what may be the finest documentary war film ever made. Entitled June 13th, the picture is a 70-minute record of one day's land, sea and air battles from the Baltic to Sevastopol, plus superb shots of activities behind the Russian front. Lacking propaganda-as-such, June 13th may prove to be the most convincing report to date of the terrible determination of the Russian fight. To get scenes the government sent out 160 cameramen. Twenty lost their lives...
...other camp. Huckleberry Mickey Fenn, the Cambridge Comet, proclaims his charges in superb shape for the tussle. Studded with power is the CRIMSON eleven, from J. Robert Mosking of Leverett House (I think) on one end to Finely Corliss Lament Van Vent far out on the other...
...Ballet Theatre gave a superb and balanced performance last night to a house that was packed to the caves. However, the performance made up of Tchaikowsky's classical "Swan Lake," Schoenberg's ultra-modern "Pillar of Fire," and Offenbach's breathless extravaganza "Bluebeard" would be a top-notch attraction any time. And when you add to this the glitter and glamour of the Opera House crowd and stars Markova, Baronova, the evening should be a memorable experience...
...headed planes are off the ground, and fighting, Flying Tigers is a good show to see. For the combat sequences, salted with some extraordinary shots made in Burma, are always loud, swift, exciting. At moments, as in the sudden, braided smoke spirals of two earthward hurtling planes, they are superb...