Word: understandable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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European movies that this reviewer has seen have three regrettable characteristics. The first is an irritating slowness of action, a habit of dragging out all scenes to the end and beyond. The director does not seem to trust the audience to understand what is going on merely by a series of flashes. He will portray a man crossing a field, not as in an American picture by a series of shots, but by dogging his footsteps with the camera. The second characteristic is a corollary of the first, the giving of extensive hysterical close-ups of physiognomies none too attractive...
...Human Personality: How Can We Understand It?" will be the subject of an address tomorrow morning by Assistant Professor G. W. Allport '19 at the Community Church in Symphony Hall. Allport has travelled extensively in Europe and is the author of many articles on the subject of personality. The service tomorrow will begin at 10.45 o'clock...
Harvard authorities have recently signed a four-year contract with West Point calling, as I understand it, for three games to be played at Cambridge and one game to be played at West Point. This being the case, the only way in which one can interpret the CRIMSON editorial is that certain irresponsible undergraduates are advocating that Harvard shall repudiate its contracts...
...reason you gave and I hope you will continue to talk against it. This is a good year to stop the arrangement. Why not play the Navy Instead? Also why doesn't Harvard reduce the price of tickets so more people can go to the games? I understand the attendance is not expected to be as good this year. F. H. Appleton...
Corn Exchange Bank Trust Co., proud of statements which "anyone can understand," showed $30,900,000 in private securities, also $21,937,000 in bonds and mortgages owned...