Word: townes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" was performed last. The parts of the young lovers, Emily and George, were taken by Rence Michelson '53 and Burns. England played the Stage Manager and Lois Abrams of BU and Louise Luechm '53 acted minor roles...
...Dust" is probably the least melodramatic, and is surely the most consciously artistic. It is produced and directed by Clarence Brown and he has given it a production that is beautifully detailed and atmospheric. For the latter quality, Mr. Brown took his east and crew to the small university town of Oxford, Mississippi, which is the story's setting as well as Faulkner's hometown...
...people of Oxford, the buildings, and the surrounding woods are all made a vivid part of "Intruder in the Dust." Anyone who has ever lived for any time in a small Southern town should experience a tingle of recognition while watching the film. Mr. Brown's camera gives the best performance in the movie, but it has best material to work with...
Near the little (pop. 1,500) mountain town of Rifle, Colo, last week, a five-year-old federal experiment reached an exciting climax. The Bureau of Mines announced that in its test plant it had produced oil from oil shale at a cost of $2 to $2.50 a barrel, comparable to the cost of petroleum pumped from the ground in east Texas. "We're over the hill now," crowed Plant Superintendent Boyd Guthrie. "We have the processes and the know-how . . . We're positive we can produce equal or better products than you can get from petroleum...
...working with private information outfits can only be appalled at the extravagance of the operation. The State Department supports Information Centers throughout Germany and Austria, most of which have large libraries of books on American subjects. Periodically they send out truck loads of American books for distribution to smaller towns. Picture displays on the U.S., American teachers, artists, musicians, and lecturers tour the Centers. Last summer the Walden String Quartet, the Yale Glee Club, and Town Meeting of the Air were some of the performers...