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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crack without a let-down. Another element, sort of added attraction, is some thought-content,--not much, it's true, but some. The characters of Madison Breed and B. J. Wickfield are drawn on a slightly higher level than the broad, low, and beautiful plain of sex, even though they make frequent excursions downward. The girl-lead, Cindy Lou, while undergoing ordeal by hell-fire and brimstone in the process, eventually lands on the top of the heap in the final scene, showing that Miss Booth may have some surreptitious respect for her and the things she stands...

Author: By W. E. H., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 10/18/1939 | See Source »

...present war in Europe, America braced itself for the flood of propaganda that all observers said was sure to come. It has come, and wise newspaper readers are quickly learning to gift out some of the more flagrant stories. But there is another source of propaganda harder to spot, though no less influential. It is in the American pulpit and university, always powerful molders of public opinion. Within the past few weeks, the leaders of religion and education in this country have spoken with an amazing unanimity in strong support of the Allies. If vehemence is any test of sincerity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAVE CANEM | 10/18/1939 | See Source »

NcNicol was running all the climax plays Saturday, plays that the team knew best and on those he did himself proud, while Loring was handling the 6 series, reverses, that aren't so smooth yet. Loring looks like a capable ball carrier, and though his passing may not measure up to McNicol's, he's to be watched as a runner...

Author: By John W. Saliantins, | Title: Lining Them Up | 10/17/1939 | See Source »

Quickly and easily can the problem be solved, and the next Student Council meeting is the place. University Hall--though willing to cooperate in a change from "unwritten law" may find itself stumped by a mere technicality. If all "legal" student organizations are allowed to distribute pamphlets, the Young Communist League, by reason of its concealed membership, will be automatically exiled. But such suppression need not exist. The material, and not the "legality" of the organization, should be the criterion. Whenever a college group has something worthwhile to say, it should bring its pamphlet to a University committee aimed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO TIME FOR STOP-GAPS | 10/17/1939 | See Source »

...Though Cinemactress Bergman is ballyhooed as something producers dream of-a star who can really play the piano-in Intermezzo neither she nor Leslie Howard plays a note. Anita's pianoises are made offset for her by Norma Boleslawski, wife of late, great Director Richard Boleslawski. Famed Violinist Toscha Seidel plays second fiddle for Leslie Howard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 16, 1939 | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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