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...Foreign Policy Association's Vera Micheles Dean, returning from San Francisco, reflected: "The most disquieting development at the conference was the tendency to believe that a conflict between the United States and Russia is becoming inevitable. . . . There is no fundamental reason why the two countries should not find a workable basis for postwar cooperation...
Wonder Man (Goldwyn-RKO Radio) is a temperate enough description of Danny Kaye in his second full-length movie. Barring Kaye, and the pretty hoof-&-mouthing of the flea-sized, dainty screen newcomer Vera-Ellen, and some sure laughs furnished by S. Z. Sakall as a delicatessen storekeeper, the picture is about as short on drive, sparkle and resourcefulness as a Sam Goldwyn production can be. But fortunately, there is no such thing as barring Danny Kaye. He is a one-man show and, at his frequent best, a howling good...
...know nothing in words of less than nine syllables, Buzzy's ghost demonstrates that he can enter and take charge of Edwin, body & soul. Complications develop, thanks to Miss Mayo, who has begun to interest Edwin even more than the smell of bindings, and to Pelican-partner Vera-Ellen who, he learns, expects to marry him-as Buzzy-next afternoon. To make matters worse Buzzy's ghost, floored by a hangover, defaults during a crucial interview with the D.A. At last, hounded by gunmen and police alike, the frantic Edwin contrives to costume and beard himself and squall...
Other scheduled productions include "The Passionate Congressman," starting June 25; "My Sister Eileen," with Libby Holman, on July 2, "Winterset," featuring Vera Zorina, on July 9, and "Alice in Wonderland," beginning July...
Among the books in the series, which is being written for popular consumption, are "The United Kingdom," by C. Crane Brinton '19, professor of History, France," by Donald C. McKay, associate Professor of History, and "Soviet Russia," by Vera Micheles Dean...