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...pier-maché interplanetary vehicles. With these props Sam can roll into a picture at the drop of a dollar. Says he: "We don't get stories. We get titles and then write stories around them or to fit them. For instance, we had this title Flame of Calcutta. Naturally, we had that area of India around Bombay in mind, and naturally we worked in those old Arab tribes...
...been conscious especially of the ambiguities and enigmas of life. His subject matter, therefore, often lies in the realm of forces which affront human dignity and which threaten human freedom. One never doubts his sincerity and authority. Yet his feelings tend to overshadow some of his work, the flame obscures the value of the poem as a whole. Selections from Frescoes for Mr. Rockefeller's City (1932) and Public Speech (1936) have this blemish, although they contain, vivid imagry. MacLeish's thought is poignant and direct; but one becomes exhausted with sheer oratory...
Navarre Gone Wrong. Because Xavier's flame burned deep but narrow, Brodrick points out, he had some tragic limitations. His lack of sympathy with native cultures hampered him in getting close to the people he wanted to Christianize. "From all appearances," writes Father Brodrick, "he looked upon India as though it were a huge Navarre gone wrong, not as a land utterly new . . . For him, the old slogan always seemed to suffice, the Christians are right, the pagans are wrong, which, while being perfectly true, by no means precludes the existence . . . of genuine holiness in such a non-Christian...
...suave editor (George Sanders) who is infatuated with demon Girl Reporter Marta Toren. She, in turn, is in love with intrepid Newsman Dana Andrews, who is described as "a one-man newspaper." For good measure, there is also a stylish fashion editor (Audrey Totter) who is an old flame of Sanders', now making eyes at Andrews...
...last name of a famous Finnish runner, now 55, who this year renewed the eternal flame at the Olympic Games...