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...hell a real place of fire and burning...
...Hell on Earth (Aeolian Pictures) is a polylingual peace tract, adapted from a story by Leonhard Frank (Karl and Anna) and filmed in pre-Nazi Germany. Its gospel is Internationalism according to Marx...
...Hell on Earth solves linguistic difficulties and makes its point by emphasizing the internationalized Negro, who speaks three languages, and the Jew who, having lost his voice in battle, must pantomime his thoughts. Played by Wladimir Sokoloff of the Moscow Art Theatre, the Jew provides good facial expressions when he helps the German (Ernst Busch) with his mending; good sounds when he bellows wordlessly to warn his comrades of a gas attack. Photographed with an eye to symbolism, Hell on Earth is outspoken propaganda when it ends with the question: "Where are the five men going?'' A caption...
...plays are "The Vinegar Tree," "Sailor beware," "Strange Interlude," and "The Shanghai Gesture." Mr. Parker of the Transcript has his own explanation for the inclusion of the last two plays in the list; he is of the opinion that the censor is haunted, that theatrical spooks are making a hell of his life and that loudly banning plays which almost everyone has forgotten about is his method of laying the ghost. Mr. Parker, I hardly need add, is not being humorous and is offering his solution of a very, puzzling problem in all seriousness; and Mr. Parker, I think...
Kerry fell madly in love with Lady Moira, who reciprocated just enough to keep him hopeful. Then one day when Kerry was down at the village, orders came from headquarters and Lady Moira was taken out and shot. Kerry went hell-for-leather to the nearest Black & Tan post, gave himself up, turned informer. He had the pleasure of seeing his oldtime pals butchered. Finally the Black & Tans tied him up in the underground factory, set a time-bomb ticking...