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...should be needless to point out that any information which can be given to the public, if it be correct and unbiased, must prove valuable in creating that background which is now conspicuous by its absence. It is equally obvious that the motion pictures have no rival for spreading any kind of propaganda; the best of the best sellers never reaches a fraction of the multitudes who see every widely-advertised "movie". And if historically accurate films are produced with the proper regard for dramatic effectiveness, as are those being prepared under the Yale authorities, they will not be shunned...
...undergraduate of either of the two universities which find themselves in conflict today is prone to regard the Harvard-Yale football series as something coeval with the founding of the younger universities. As a matter of fact the series, with the background as the youth of today knows it, has been in existence some scant twenty-five years. Before then there were no great stadia and no series of home and home games...
...designs for this year's production have swung from ultra modern impressionism to the stylized simplicity of the 18th century. Instead of interpreting the play, the scenery for "The Liar" will serve as a harmonious, but conventional, 'background, for the action...
...second scene represents the interior of a room in the doctor's house. The background is formed by high panels, elaborately decorated. In the center is a large, arched window with draped curtains which looks out upon the canal. The decorations on the walls, the paintings, and the furniture, are all done in the intricate rococo style typical of the period...
...SWAN - Exceptional high comedy of Royalty by Franz Molnar brought beautifully to life by striking performance against a background perfect in color and detail...