Word: themes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman; produced by Sam H. Harris) is picture-postcard history of the U. S. theatre, as Noel Coward's Cavalcade was of modern Britain. For framework, Playwrights Kaufman & Hart have told the story of a particular Manhattan playhouse called the Alexandria Theatre, and for theme they have shown that the theatre, a fabulous invalid frequently on the point of dying, somehow never quite dies...
...Latin Quarter" theme of new decorations. Good floor show and music of one of Ruby Newman's orchestras. Good dinners at reasonable prices...
...French, who were bearing the brunt of the suffering caused by the war, a more sentimental style was in order. Their posters usually show war orphans or women weeping over a dead husband or lover. For the Germans and Italians the illustrations are more savage, the favorite theme being soldiers fighting in fierce combat amidst scenes of carnage...
...another marked customer response to the June number, which explained the dampening effect of hot, thin summer air on engine power, propeller thrust and wing lift; the consequent higher stalling speed; the atmospheric didos to be expected; the effect of heat on pilot reactions. But Air Facts' main theme is the folly of "slow-low" flying: "When the time comes . . . to nose down to secure proper control of an aircraft at low altitude, there are only two kinds of pilots: 1) the quick, 2) the dead." Says Publisher Collins: "No sane man can read Air Facts and then stunt...
...late Hall Caine was a novelist who knew his Bible. He drew from Scripture the theme of many a bestseller ( The Deemster, The Bondman, The Eternal City, etc.). During his lifetime (1853-1931), Author Caine was known to be working on a life of Christ. Upon his death, his executors discovered no less than 3,000,000 words of manuscript, revisions and notes, based upon five trips he made to Palestine, 1,000 volumes of source materials he had read during 39 years. Hall Caine's Life of Christ in its final draft (650,000 words, 1,310 pages...