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...said of his adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's bit ter, static War novel is that Mr. Stallings has attempted to interpolate little of his own material. Worst that can be said is that his editing of Hemingway's material is questionable. None of the close-knit Hemingway scenes were without importance: they were all inseparable and significant. By eliminating such memorable sequences as Lieut. Henry's wounding, his escape into Switzerland with Nurse Catherine Barkley (which would have been almost impossible to dramatize), Mr. Stallings has given his play a hurried, ragged, not always coherent atmosphere...
...Count Bethlen," said the London Times, which loves to keep a secret until it is cooked and ready for the British public's breakfast, "wishes to knit closer the traditional bond of friendship between Hungary and Britain and nobody has a better right to speak for his country...
...matter of course and by unanimous vote, Gates W. McGarrah, who resigned as chairman of New York's Federal Reserve Bank to go to Basle was elected last week President and Board Chairman of the B. I. S. As his large, well-knit body eased into the chairman's place, Mr. McGarrah cleared his throat and, with a trace of Scotch burr, sonorously announced as the first item of business that his alternate and technical advisor will be Mr. Leon Fraser, the "continuing expert" who was chief U. S. legal advisor to young Agent General Seymour Parker Gilbert...
Supporters of the House Plan are of the opinion that a revival of such functions as proms, smokers, and dinners will come in the closely knit units that the Houses are expected to prove...
...better than one might have hoped. "The Street of Chance" is the story of a king among professional gamblers who in the end sacrifices his life in an effort to keep his younger brother from following the life that he himself has led. The plot is well knit together and is surprisingly convincing thanks primarily to the almost perfect casting and to the ability of the director to keep up a sustained interest...