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...134th psalm by Bach's contemporary, Sweelink. The 18th century is represented by a beautiful chorus from Gluck's "Orpheus." The two modern choral works to be sung are unusual arrangements. "Mal" Holmes has turned the organ accompaniment of Mendelssohn's motet "Laudati Pueri" into a rich orchestral background, while the other modern piece, the "Valse Nobles" of Schubert, was an arranger's field day. First written by Schubert as a set of piano waltzes it was later fitted out with an original obligato for female voices by a brilliant and unpronounceable Pole, Mandyczewski, and to complete the picture...
...Lord Gort on TIME'S cover as Governor of Malta. Gort's portrait was first done many weeks ago when he was Governor of Gibraltar-and when he was transferred a thousand miles East we had to do an entirely new Gort painting with a Maltese background. And then we also had to get the new Commander into a Gibraltar background. The result was 64 new press plates-and this may give you some idea why we keep four crack cover artists pretty busy working up covers for us just in case...
Miss Reynolds, latest candidates for Ginger Rogers' place, keeps well apace of the co-stars through most of the picture, working well with Astaire and singing in the bargain. Against this background the film's outstanding feature is a record-breaking swarm of new Berlin songs that would make any producer happy. "White Christmas," "Abraham," and "Be Careful, It's My Heart" nicely set the stage for a good performance by Crosby, while Astaire matches his best routines with an inspirational fire-cracker dance. With this to offer, "Holiday Inn" takes current honors for ninety minutes of good showmanship...
Georgia, more spectacular of the two, boasts the most publicized player of the year. Every football fan who can read knows about Frankie Sinkwich's flat feet, his un-Southern background (Youngstown, Ohio), his prima-donna temperament, his peculiar ability to knife inside tackle and the fact that he made 19 All-Americas last year despite a broken jaw. Flat-Foot Frankie was the nation's No. 1 ballcarrier last year. This fall he has discovered that he has a slingshot arm as well as flat feet. In the first six games of the season he rolled...
...hands of a hack this plot could be a sentimental monster. But Author Richter handles it deftly, intelligently, against an effective regional background. His studies of children are acute and true. The town of Bisbee, filled with miners from Cornwall, Ireland, Mexico, Sweden, Central Europe, is as lively as a good Western. The passing of the years in mine and home is pictured in clean, brief prose. The writers of 1,000-page epics look pretty paunchy beside Author Richter and his tight, effective 208-page book...