Word: worthing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fort Worth...
...Charles Fort wrote me and apparently the other so-called "sponsors," stating that Mr. Fort was in straitened circumstances, that he needed to market his works, and that he could get no fair hearing for them. I was asked to subscribe to the opinion that they were interesting and worth reading, which I gladly did then and would do now. I have never regarded them as other than a contribution to curious literature and chaste levity. They are amusing and edifying and will certainly not mislead anybody worth misleading...
...roots of true poetry are thrust deep in the traditions of centuries. His is not the frigid, classical view of the pedant, however, for he knows that poetry changes with the decades. But poetry to him is sacred, and in an age of frantic, formless compositions whose only worth lies in the white heat at which they are forged, Mr. Hillyer's poetry strikes a sure note. A sincere consideration of "A Letter to Robert Frest and Others" proves that Mr. Hillyer's poetry will stand the test of time...
...with a rather complicated plot of jewel swiping and necklace swapping, the picture is none the less sufficiently clear for pleasure. Though a bit tedious at times, "Love Under Fire" is a strong backer to a strong forerunner. Orchids to the U. T., then, for a program of definite worth at a time when first rate entertainment seems a thing of the past...
...spite of these defects, "They Gave Him a Gun" is worth seeing but should be placed in the upper brackets of second rate films...