Word: version
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Stella Australis been equipped with radiotelephone, Lieutenant Ulm would have radioed neither PAN nor SOS, but MAYDAY, phonetic version of the French m'aider, distress signal word prescribed for radiotelephony by the International Radio Regulations...
...minor villains and a heroine and of course a supporting cast of half heroes. For most people, though, whether they are southerners or not, the best performance is that of the negroes. Not only is their singing excellent, but their characterizations excellent. Jeff is a four years improved version of the sleepiness that made the success of the Black Crows. He is the sleepiest thing outside a home for somnambulists...
...shrewd Producer Shumlin (Grand Hotel) knows, plays about homosexuals or children seldom fail. To take the part of impish Mary he looked no farther than Miss McGee who had played in the U. S. stage version of Mädchen In Uniform. Miss McGee, who squeezes the last drop of perverse venom from her characterization, is a reed-slim actress of 23 who can pass on any stage for 13. Born of British parents in South Africa, she was taken to Canada when young, went to the University of Toronto. She has been trouping for four years, is thoroughly sick...
Since a large proportion of the students of the University have already seen "The Barretts" in the film or play version or both, or have at least heard enough about it, we shall add only a few remarks to the ever increasing stack of reviews already in existence. But if there be in the University any people who have not yet seen this picture, we urge them to take this final opportunity. Those who saw Miss Cornell's performance can go without fear that they will be too greatly disappointed, for in the screen version the emphasis has been shifted...
Proof that Veronese intended to paint Venus as a half naked lady rather than as a nude Renaissance goddess has been, supplied by workers at the Fogg Art Museum who have been using the X-ray to test the authenticity of masterpieces. The rays have uncovered the first version of the Italian artist's "Mars and Venus" where the figure of Venus was half draped...