Word: tales
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...intellectually alive until 1934 when dancing became his dominant interest. With Edward Warburg, Kirstein then founded the School of American Ballet (TIME, Dec. 17 et seq.). Although he took no credit, he collaborated with Romola Nijinsky on the tragic biography of her husband. No such swift-moving dramatic tale but a rich, fat history of the dance was this week published by Lincoln Kirstein. It proved him no idle dabbler in the subject but an enthusiastic scholar, equipped with information worthy of one twice his years.* If the pattern of Dance is sometimes involved and cluttered, it is because Author...
When historical facts form a tale which stimulates the imagination, some new light has been shed on the forces which mold men. Such a story is "Mutiny on the Bounty." At many moments we have felt that we knew Captain Bligh and Fletcher Christian far better than most of our friends...
Many of the other characters, the shots of the Bounty under sail, and the land sets are deserving of commendation, but one could keep on for hours. The fact remains that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has brought a great tale of men against men to the screen just about as effectively as did Nordhoff and Hall in their vivid book. That is high tribute to Hollywood...
Explaining "The Art of the Folk Tale" and giving examples which he heard in the Gaelic from native Irish scops, gleemen, and peasant folk, Dr. Robin Flower will speak to Mr. Hersey's English A-4 class in Sever 11 today at two. Mr. Hersey has invited all students who are interested to attend the lecture...
...same state of mind as the average London citizen. The former has a weakness for plays that tighten and then jangle his nerves. Our London audiences like to be gently moved, to melt into the rose-tinted twilight of the Haymarket or Wyndham's, because of some fairy-tale nonsense." Thus putting his finger on the reason many an English play fails in New York, British Playwright Priestley proceeded to bring forth a typical one, about a shopworn actress who returns to her old home. Nervous New Yorkers found it too gentle, too rose-tinted for their taste...