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...FOREST R. ADAMS...
...Paris arrived last week seven bodies that had lain for days in the wreckage of a French plane in the Great Congo Forest, had been mauled by leopards, lions, jackals and wolves, had been punctured by the proboscises of poisonous flies and mosquitoes, had been stripped of valuables by Banda Negroes and finally had been found by a Belgian search pilot, shipped down the Congo River to French Equatorial Africa's capital, Brazzaville, thence by rail to the seacoast, thence by sea to France. No. 1 of these seven corpses was the body of French Equatorial Africa...
...play, directed by Kenneth C. R. White, instructor in English, is a satire on English royalty. Sherwood is celebrated for two previous successes, "Reunion in Vienna," made famous by Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne, and "The Petrified Forest," in which Leslie Howard smashed box office records in New York City...
After noting the artistic bankruptcy of Flowers of the Forest, critics could only record that Playwright van Druten had spoken, but not very succinctly, in a worthy cause. His flashbacks to Wartime England seem singularly unexciting, while his contemporary scenes make peace appear as dismal as war. Spectators were most disappointed by the voice-from-beyond scene, a difficult illusion which failed to get across the footlights, through no fault of Miss Cornell and her excellent supporting cast. Though he played his part as the stricken oracle with ingratiating charm, Burgess Meredith could not help tripping over Mr. van Druten...
...press received GE's metal tube cordially, spoke of the first "radical change" since Lee de Forest bobbed up with the three-element audion tube in 1907. Far from cordial was Philco Radio & Television Corp., which has small esteem for metal tubes and no stomach whatever for a possible public swing in that direction. Philco bought a full page in the New York Times ($4,500) to launch a counterblast. Recalling an ill-starred experiment with metal tubes in Britain, Philco warned that a "pell mell rush" into metal might also have disastrous consequences here. Points...