Word: viewing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...religious point of view strengthens its dramatic story, so does the artistry of its production enhance "Open City's" effect as a movie. The performances are simple and restrained, but never miss an opportunity for full dramatic expression. Because the subtleties of acting and of direction are more of the camera than of the sound-track, Americans need not be disturbed by the poor English titles. Nor should they become impatient if the plot seems complicated at first, for they will find much more in "Open City" than its story of manhunt, torture, and death...
Last week, for the first time in the U.S., the visible by-products of Beckmann's war work went on view in a Manhattan gallery. His fiery heavens, icy hells, and bestial men showed why he is called Germany's greatest living artist...
...invitation, from the Associated American Artists, was of the stuffy variety. New Yorkers were invited to view the recent artistic works of "D.R. Fitzpatrick of St. Louis, Missouri." The Gallery did not let on that the artist was more widely known as Fitz of the Post-Dispatch, probably the most widely reprinted political cartoonist in the U.S. It was the second time in five years that the A.A.A. had honored Fitz with a show...
...some 12,000 cartoons. In its Manhattan show, the A.A.A. has 46 of the recent best. Fitz cartoons can also be seen in the private collections of his victims all over the world. President Truman has six. The Moscow Museum of Modern Western Art owns some. Others are on view in the faraway Wanganui Museum in New Zealand...
...General's elbow much of the time ("he wanted . . . an old friend around to whom he could talk eye to eye"), ran errands for him, played bridge with him, sometimes shared the same room. No one else had readier access to Eisenhower or a better backstage view of what was going...