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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Barry Corvall (sulky, hulky Joel McCrea) is a trig young U. S. diplomat in Morocco when civil war strands dark, sultry-eyed, plump-lipped Brenda Ballard (Newcomer Brenda Marshall) in his consulate. When Barry returns to Washington for a stretch at the foreign service school, he takes femme fatale Brenda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 2, 1939 | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

In the usual chase through the train at the frontier station, Barry and Brenda having grabbed the little black bag with the evidence, make the usual jump while the train is moving, as usual escape. Last shots show Brenda being kissed by a State Department official.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 2, 1939 | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Many a psychologist conducts his researches on animal intelligence by noting how rats run through a maze. If you were a psychologist, and got hold of a race of rats showing high susceptibility to constipation, fallen arches, varicose veins, stomach ulcers, hernia, sagging viscera, poor circulation, crooked and decaying teeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Raucous Crying | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

Best procedure when treating a victim of "intractable" pain, said Dr. Rutherford, is to send him to a hospital for a week. During the first half of the week he is given daily intramuscular venom injections of two or three cubic centimeters each. During this "saturation" period his pain is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Poison for Pain | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

At a production rate of 40 to 60% of nominal capacity, output can easily be sped up or slowed down. But to speed up much beyond 60% of capacity, time and money must be spent sweeping spider webs out of high-cost idle factories, oil and repairs have to be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Bottlenecks | 10/2/1939 | See Source »

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