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Word: portrayals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Others, however, offer striking examples of modern beauty with a light struck Latin-American tinge. Because the photographs portray several types of Mexican architecture from early Baroque to modern utilitarian schools, they are sure to be of interest to students in any one of the architectural fields. Pictures of modern low-cost housing units in Mexico City are side by side with views of 16th century Franciscan arches...

Author: By C. C. P., | Title: Collections and Critiques | 10/28/1937 | See Source »

...action follows the book very closely; there is a longer introduction before you actually get out on the water, for it takes Hollywood longer than it took Kipling to create the character of rich, spoiled Harvey; but from then on it is all Kipling and the characters portray the gripping tale with the greatest acting you are likely to see on the screen this year--Harvey, Manuel, Captain Disko (Lionel Barrymore), Long Jack. Perhaps the only sour note is the millionaire, Harvey's soupy father, played by Melvyn Douglas; it is doubtful if he is just what Kipling meant...

Author: By C. F., | Title: The Crimson Moviegoer | 5/18/1937 | See Source »

...elephant folio," sized three feet by two feet, is one of the largest books ever issued. Rated by many as the world's most beautiful ornithology, it contains hundreds of colored engravings of birds in their habitats, and is believed to be the first attempt to portray birds in natural poses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Audubon Correspondence, "Elephant Folio," Bird Engravings Now on Exhibition in Widener | 5/14/1937 | See Source »

Unassuming, Fuller concluded with the statement that he didn't write to portray life or for the pure love of creating. "I'm interested in the life of a writer . . . no time-clocks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Timothy Fuller, author of recent "Harvard has a Homicide," can Sit on Crest of Wave at 23 Looking Forward to Future Successes | 3/23/1937 | See Source »

Grant said that production would start March 16. He and his assistants will try to portray as many of the various activities in the settlement houses as possible. However, the cinema will include many scenes from Phillips Brooks House itself, such as views of the work of the Foreign Students, Gradfell, Freshman, and Speakers Committees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Film Will Depict All Social Service Activities of PBH | 3/11/1937 | See Source »

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