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Like Blackout, Night Train has a spy-story pattern pasted against a war background. It begins in Czecho-Slovakia, moves to England, hurries back to Germany, then to Switzerland during a hectic scramble for the possession of a Czech scientist (James Harcourt) with secret plans in his head for a new type of steel plate. His trim, saucy daughter (Margaret Lockwood) strings along, meets with handsome British and German intelligence officers (Rex Harrison and Paul von Hern-reid), scrambles matters by failing to recognize for some time Mr. Right...
Aiming at a "solid knowledge of one thing and as general a background as possible" for concentrators, divisional examinations and tutorial work have been completely reorganized by the English department...
Each of the war libraries will contain about 40 volumes, dealing with the economic, political, and diplomatic background of the war, ranging from collections of documents to interpretative works...
...organized youth movement is a fairly new thing on the American scene, a development of the post-World War disillusion and the economic strains of the depression. Growing out of this background, it has supported the social reforms of the New Deal, and has opposed forces making for American involvement in war. Looking back to 1914, many Americans of college age noted that there were no well-organized youth movements then working for peace, and took heart for the future, trusting that the mobilized peace sentiment of 1940 undergraduates would help make World War II a different story...
...been there less than two years. Yet in terms of cinema success, she is a hoary veteran; she scored a hit in Of Mice and Men a year ago. What makes Betty obscure is her preoccupation with her work. Unlike most cinemactresses of 22, Betty has a theatrical background, and she takes her acting seriously. Between scenes, she sits quietly in a corner or retreats to her dressing room to study French and Spanish...