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...film is often ponderous and slow in its effort to drive home its principal point--that misled patriotic groups, who try to take law and order into their own hands, are often the most dangerous. But withal, it is an intensely dramatic, gripping account, doubly forceful through its bluntness...
...suddenly popped from the blue. Yet some laymen could marvel at her voice, at her poise, at her endurance and still wish at times that she possessed more fire, a more heroic conception of Wagner's great heroines. To some she seems curiously impersonal, a cold Northern light withal her great talent...
...Manhattan for many a year. The audience cheered her at every curtain call and critics fairly wallowed in superlatives. The amazing part of her success was that she had never sung the rôle before, never had an orchestra rehearsal, never practiced with any member of the cast. Withal she seemed sure and confident on the stage. Her strong rich voice was expressive in every phase, her gestures admirably restrained. Most critics led their readers to believe that her interpretation was practically perfect. But Madame Flagstad is not yet a titan, though she exhibited great spirit when she managed...
...Withal possibly the most pregnant phrase since Vol. 1, No. 1. "Goldplated Anarchy!" To whom is credit due for this brilliant...
...Gentlemen. Very few officials in Washington do not like General Johnson. Erratic they have found him, sometimes unstable in his decisions, nearly always so overworked during the past year that he was in a constant state of irritation, but withal honest, forthright, energetic. Those who would welcome his departure do so only because if he stays they see no way of: 1) altering NRA policies; 2) changing NRA from a melodrama starring Hugh S. Johnson to a businesslike administration of recovery measures. Last week it was learned that the President had. as a reward of merit, raised the salary...