Word: themes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...plot, Henry IV poses the cool Hal against the fiery Hotspur; but for theme it poses Hotspur against Falstaff, contrasting on a mighty scale the romantic and realistic ways life. To great-hearted Hotspur honor is everything. But Falstaff asks: "Can honor set to a leg? . . . Honor hath no skill in surgery then? . . . Who hath honor?-he that died o' Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. . . . Therefore I'll none of it." So Falstaff lives; and Hotspur dies...
...sometimes said that the motion picture is the Peter Pan of the arts; Walter Wanger and United Artists are fast proving this dictum false. With "Algiers" and now with "Trade Winds," this week at Loew's State and Orpheum, a simple theme has been taken and developed through the ingenious use of technical devices into a powerful and moving drama. This is not to say that from a purely artistic point of view, "Trade Winds" is in a class with its predecessor, for it is not; but on the other hand this latest attempt will doubtless be even more popular...
...always write my own gags; they are absolutely new, and so is the theme of the play. Just drop me a line and we'll arrange about contracts and picture rights...
Oklahoma's longwinded Thomas led off for the Administration. Senator Borah was to follow him, Leader Barkley to conclude. Mr. Borah looked worried as the gentleman from Oklahoma droned on & on, about his favorite theme: printing press money. But Mr. Barkley remained serene even when Senator Thomas used up all his side's time and Messrs. Borah & Barkley could not speak...
...White Steed. The author of Shadow and Substance repeats his theme but enriches his story (TIME...