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...heard save the crack of Roger's .36, the thud of dropping corpses, and Morina's trills of sadistic ecstasy. It all winds up with Morina lying dead in the snow, covered with stolen jewels, and a posse closing in on lonesome Roger. Far away in the background, the Civil War pursues its peaceful course, untroubled by the agonies of love...
Against the background of the vivid, swirling gaiety of Moliere's and d'Artagnan's France, Cyrano is the manipulated story of a rapier-wielding, poetry-spouting wit who lets his nose get in the way of his love affairs. An iconoclast, embattled against a pedantic society, he sweeps all before him except the final prize, the ivory-fair Roxane. His winning love speeches he puts into the mouth of a handsome dolt, for her sake. The motif is noble, yet it shrinks to the simple moral that it takes more than a sharp tongue, a sharper sword...
Interviews will last approximately ten minutes, and the Committee plans to select the delegate either Wednesday night or very soon thereafter. Although no formal "briefing" for the individual chosen is planned, shipboard discussions and a New York meeting for the American group before the conference will trace the background and main purpose of the convention...
...sixth, Miss Marjorie Conlin--not a college student--entered into the contest by the CRIMSON as a test case, has been disqualified. As an explanation of this move, officials of the Lampoon declared Tuesday night: "But we can't consider having her in our contest. She has no background...
Blues (Stella Brooks; Disc, 6 sides). A little (109 Ibs.) white gal with a blue voice sings the naughty colored lyrics of West End, Jazz Me ("Come On Professor") and other New Orleans classics. Background music by Hot Trumpeter Frankie Newton and five others makes these real collectors' blues. Performance: good...