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...fully as much of it at night, as the camera and Maigret follow Radek on a tour of all the local hotspots while he generously unloads his ill-gotten loot. The movie's best scene takes place in one of these lush Pigalle bistros, as a dozen ambulant violinsts toy with Radek's ambivalent emotions...

Author: By Gene R. Kearney, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 1/31/1950 | See Source »

...toy truck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Happy Six-Year-Old | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

...distance." Even more remote was his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, brilliant and erratic Chancellor of the Exchequer (1886), who died when Winston was 20. Lord Randolph thought that Winston was not bright enough to study law; one day after watching the boy play with his host of 1,500 toy soldiers, Lord Randolph decided Winston's career should be the army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Half-Century: I MADE VERY LITTLE PROGRESS | 1/2/1950 | See Source »

...study of termites is something of a challenge, even to such a determined student as Snyder. The trouble is, most termites are blind and soft-bodied, shun light, and always conceal themselves in the earth, wood, or any other of the more than 150 different objects (ranging from toy blocks to Egyptian mummies) in which they have been discovered. Termites are fond of wood because their digestive tracts harbor a specific kind of protozoa which enables them to digest cellulose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Termite Hunter | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...adroitly warmed with Christmas sentiment. It confronts a confused young war widow (Janet Leigh), working as a department store comparison shopper in the holiday rush, with a choice of two suitors: a safe & sound lawyer (Wendell Corey) who has wooed her for two years, and a happy-go-lucky toy clerk (Robert Mitchum) who tries to win her in a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema, Also Showing Dec. 19, 1949 | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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