Word: theme
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Georgia's Senator Walter F. George, who like most other Southern Congressmen, last summer went on record against the Wages & Hours Bill, the President ignored Mr. George in his speech, pointedly patted the back of loyal Governor Eurith D. Rivers and then proceeded to give his favorite theme-that Recovery is being held up by "minority selfishness"-a new twist...
...Warner publicity department, the fleeting points of similarity between Jezebel and Gone With the Wind were words to the wise. Before long Hollywood was buzzing with gossip that Warners were out to steal the wind from Producer Selznick's sails. Soon gossips had another theme...
...Institute discussions this year will follow the central theme of "Economic Stability and Social Security," and speakers of note from the United States and several foreign countries have already accepted places on the program...
Last week, in The Hill Between, Playwright Vollmer told of the mountain boy who went to the city, got lost between two worlds. As he puts it: "A man spends his youth dreaming out, and all the rest of his life dreaming back." Lula Vollmer ruined her theme by implying that all folk ways are wholesome, all city ways evil. The square dance in Act II is jolly enough. The gunshot in Act III is a little too jolly...
...actually Miss Baker has been very much subordinated by the cynical theme of the film. Though never oppressive, the picture paints a striking contrast between the wholesome stupidity and naive sensuality of Africa and the futile artifice of Europe with its snobbishness, adultery, and puerile attempts to understand eternal secrets. The skillful direction of Edmond Greville and a finished performance by the veteran Albert Prejean put this across. M. Benoit, at the cameras, deserves great credit, as much for shots of delicate irony as for scencs of beauty and simplicity. English subtitles make this rare film available to everyone...