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Like Thomas Wolfe (Look Homeward, Angel; Of Time and the River), Saroyan writes about himself, but in a more Whitmanesque vein: he is large, he contains multitudes. Touted as a short-story writer, mostly because his "stones" are written in prose, he seldom sets down a formal narrative. Most of his "stories" are poetic shouts-no less lyrical for being written in street-language with many a cuss word-swelling the chorus of a "Song of Myself." It might almost have been Saroyan who wrote...
...just show me any body that is entirely perfect and I will show you, an Angel floating in the stratusphere, with a golden harp, and a pair of silver wings and an old fashioned night shirt. JOHN V. CAFFREY Denver, Colo...
...Collegiate" is more than passing fair because of the dance routines of Betty Jane Cooper and her chorus and the comedy work of Lynn Overman. Penner is the rich angel for a charm school run by Jack Oakie, which teaches the girls how to dress, dance, and use cosmetics...
...streets of a woman he loved--and the horror of his remorse, which spends the blood money in wanton and maddened drunken roistering, are not quite boldly enough emphasized. But that is a retrospective fault. It is a splendid play, and McLaglen is excellent. Margot Grahame and Heather Angel lend tearful vividity to the general gloom. All in all, it is not hard to understand the extraordinary acclaim given this picture last year by professional and popular critics alike...
...aristocratic Parisian family, made his First Communion at 7, wished to become a missionary priest but believed he heard a voice say: "My little Guy, I shall take you; you will die young; you will not be My priest; I desire to make you My angel." Marie Thèrèse Wang (1917-32) is called the "Rose of China...