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Among these are the Joshua Green scholarship for a student from Groton, awarded to Mansfield Branigan; the Ebenezer Rockwood Hour scholarship for a student from concord, awarded to Winthrop H. Lee; and the Somerville scholarship, awarded to Richard S. Green. The Lindsay Crawford Memorial Scholarships, for a student form Phillips Exeter Academy, nominated by the headmaster of that school, was awarded to William M. Higgins, Jr., of New York...
...Boal of Waltham, Robert L. Bentley, 2nd of Arlington, Stephen A. Bixby of Boxford, Stanley J. Bogunieki of Westfield, Mansfield Branigan of Groton, Charles N. Breed, Jr. of Swampscott, Thomas J. Cavanagh, Jr. of Cambridge, Manley B. Cohen of Cambridge, Joseph S. Cotton of Turner's Falls, David C. Crawford of Watertown, John V. Curran of Cambridge, John D. Dorr of Bridgewater, Richard G. Dorr of Lancaster, Douglas P. Dryer of Waban, John F. Ducey, Jr. of Boston, Arthur F. Duffey. Jr. of Arlington, John G. Duffey of Arlington, Francis G. Dunlevy, West Roxbury, Walter W. Dwyer of Cambridge, Edgar...
...possibility of seeing Joan Crawford in a South Sea setting, as the "painted" woman in a tropical "cloud-burst of passion," is enough to bring the average moviegoer hustling to the theatre. The picture "Rain" will take care of his emotions,--faculties be damned. But when there hovers in the back-ground of this super-picture a touching drama and a powerful idea, written down by Somerset Maugham for his play of the same name, the intellectual man, the "well-read" man of the movies, will find it worth his while to see this screen version of a famous play...
Whether the producers found in the big frame and wide mouth of Joan Crawford a ready-made Sadie Thompson, or whether they softened to respect an author who bids fair to fill Hollywood unconsciously with excellent South Sea scenarios is hard to say. Whatever has been spoiled in this production is that which has been added to the stage show, not taken away. The result is a sincere impressive play, full, but not blown up with sentiment and passion, and interrupted constantly by manifestations of the mechanical ingenuity of the producers. These Hollywood moguls obviously feel that it would reflect...
...combines in himself the righteousness of a Father Confessor, the diction of a bishop, the vanity of a mayor, the power of a governor, and the morals of certain other reformers one could mention (but bygones are bygones), is convincingly performed. It is comforting to see that when Joan Crawford and Walter Huston are ordered to enact a "cloudburst of passion," they not only do what they are told, but do a good bit of real acting besides...