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Word: theaters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...next step was selection of committees: social welfare, which helps needy boys get jobs, clothing, better housing, sports, theater, etc. Members of these committees are now drawing up the club constitution. Its basic principles: the four freedoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Democracy at Work | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

...Negro pugilist-turned-actor, got into a wig and grease paint in Boston and made a little modern theatrical history by playing a white man's role opposite Star Elisabeth Bergner in The Duchess of Malfi. Critics' judgment: a success. In Wilmington, Del., history repeated itself: a theater manager disavowed racial prejudice but canceled The Duchess' engagement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Oct. 7, 1946 | 10/7/1946 | See Source »

Like most gifted theater people, Eileen works every waking hour. Result: she is absent from the gay night life of London's West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Great New Actress | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

Academy Award Theater (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). William Powell in My Man Godfrey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Sep. 30, 1946 | 9/30/1946 | See Source »

Ethel Barrymore, 67, first lady of the U.S. theater, sped from Hollywood to Manhattan-but not to Broadway. What sent her packing was grandmotherhood, her first (see MILESTONES). She was not homesick for the theater; she liked Hollywood fine-the weather, the sunsets, the Pacific, the moon. As for cinemacting: "It's so much easier than the stage," said she, "it's a shame to take their money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Regards to Broadway | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

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