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...every bit as effective as Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, and Leo G. Carroll. It is said that "Angel Street" held its suspense better by concentrating all of the action within an oppressive, plushy, Victorian house; but "Gaslight" achieves its suspense through typically Hollywood, yet very telling, means--with background music, lighting and camera angles...
...seems that the monarchists have fallen into the background. Some months ago it looked as if they would succeed in at least temporarily setting up the crown, that it would then be succeeded by a republic. This situation has taken a sharp turn toward republicanism...
...hard to decide whether "That's A-Plenty" is better than "Ugly Child" or senseless since both rank way up near the top. Brunis plays that trombone through chorus after chorus of the fastest New Orleans march tempo imaginable without a noticeable flaw. Wettling furnishes some especially tasteful background drumming on the wood blocks, and Davison is again at his peak...
...police found the killers in a nearby areaway, throwing into the bonfire their knives, masks and some stolen report cards. One was booked for homicide, the other for juvenile delinquency. The sociological background...
Apparently war, like nature, may sometimes imitate art. While browsing through British Admiralty files for historical background on the self-propelled two-man torpedo, I came across this 1912 cartoon. Alsop's Ale (the hero's fuel) was Britain's favorite brew in 1912-as well known as Bass is today. The resemblance between Cartoonist Quick's conception and the real two-man article of today (TIME, May 1) is uncanny...