Word: superbeings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...here, boys; come and see it. You will see four hours of superb acting, excellent scenes in technicolor, a wonderful story. But you will not see a great picture. GWTW has been produced on a monumental scale using the best of everything Hollywood has to offer, but the story is not big enough to make the picture go down in film history. Not that it necessarily should, of course, but there has been so much ballyhoo about this being motion pictures' greatest triumph. It is not. Rather it is the best in entertainment...
Having retired four years ago after 48 years on the College faculty, "Kitty" still appears to be in excellent health. He claims to have been ill only two weeks in 50 years, and says he owes his superb condition to "good ancestry" and "decent living...
...manpower is not enough. Neither is courage and superb morale. China cannot match Japan's 1,500 planes, her trucks, artillery, rail lines; cannot match Japan's skilled staff-work, mapmaking, and strategy; cannot stop those bombs in midflight. Worst of all-and what may beat China-is the suffocation of choked trade lines...
With a cast that is almost perfect down to the last minor role, "Night Music" is a tribute to the abilities of the Group Theatre. In his characterizations, Odets is superb; in his final effect, jumbled and incoherent. As the wild and self-conscious Greek-American boy, Elia Kazan is one of the most fascinating personalities of the last few years. It is a part full of fight and bluster, and when the external shell comes off, insecurity, loneliness and an appealing love of humanity that cannot be hid. His barbaric naturalness wins the gentle Philadelphia girl...
...Nutcracker Suite (Chicago Symphony, Frederick Stock conducting; Columbia: 6 sides). A pioneer in the recording field, Frederick Stock's Chicago Symphony has not made a disc for ten years. In this famed, tuneful little Tschaikowsky suite it proves itself still one of the finest five U. S. orchestras. Superb recording...