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...Proudly We Hail (by Joseph M. Viertel Shapiro; James R. Ullman, producer). Author Shapiro, 21, is the son of the proprietor of the French Casino, a Manhattan hotspot. Young Mr. Shapiro attended Staunton Military Academy in Virginia for four years with a brilliant record, was graduated from Harvard last June magna cum laude. So Proudly We Hail, Mr. Shapiro's first attempt at professional playwriting, lacks craftsmanship, balance and subtlety. As a propaganda piece, however, it is as brutally effective as a meat-ax, contains enough obviously first-hand documentation, along with its exaggerations, to deter hundreds of parents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 5, 1936 | 10/5/1936 | See Source »

Shapiro, who listed his intended vocation in the Album as playwright, wrote under the pseudonym of Joseph M. Viertel. He is 21 years old and prepared for Harvard at Staunton Military Academy, where perhaps he gathered the background for his work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dramatic Club Wouldn't Accept Undergraduate's Play, So Now He's Had it Produced on Broadway | 9/26/1936 | See Source »

...relieve the dramatic tension and prepare for the next scene. Excellent photography characterizes the piece. In fact, the photography and incidental music both are patterns which Hollywood well might emulate. All in all, it is a work of art in typical British-Gaumont goed taste. Directed by Berthold Viertel, Miss Nova Pilbeam reaches dramatic heights which merit the attention of every movie-goer. Whether or not you'll love her, as we do, you'll appreciate...

Author: By C. C. G., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 3/23/1935 | See Source »

Little Friend (Gaumont-British). That any director could take the threadbare situation of the estranged couple being reunited by love for their small daughter and make adult entertainment out of it seems hard to believe. Yet that is precisely what Director Berthold Viertel contrives to do in Little Friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 29, 1934 | 10/29/1934 | See Source »

Burschen, heraus!; Heidenroslein; Du, du liegst mir im Herzen; Zwei Herzen im drei-viertel Takt; Auch Du wirst mich einmal betrugen; O Dona Clara; Das schwarzbraune Bier; Crambambuli; O alte Burschen herrlichkeit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GERMAN SING-SONG TO GIVE PROGRAM OVER STATION WBZ | 11/23/1931 | See Source »

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