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...Petersburg Nights" the Soviets have again produced a propaganda play, but with the all-is-bliss-in-the-Communist-state motif subdued sufficiently to eliminate boredom. Neither boring, nor gripping, this picture has its beauty in the Russian mode of presentation. The intense characterization and fascinating attention to detail make it an artistic masterpiece. Close-ups of the native physiognomy are numerous; the lorgnetted double-chinned dowager, the bewhiskered pre-Revolution land owner, and then the ardent young Nihilist and the inspired musician. In contradiction to the travelogues, Amkino Productions has found some hauntingly lovely Russian women...
Uptown: "The Count of Monte Cristo"--excellent adaptation of Dumas' thrilling story of adventure, love, and revenge a la mode under the last of France's Bourbon monarchs. Robert Donat, who was last seen in "Henry the Eighth" does yeoman work in the leading role and is capably supported by Elissa Landi and Louis Alberni who is at his explosive best. Also, "La Cucaracha"--colorful short based upon the song of Villa's men--captivatingly sung and danced...
...costume of the police squad is to consist of red hats with visors about ten inches in length, blue coats "a la mode" white pantaloons, and last but not least, a billy about as large as a baseball bat. It is sincerely hoped that the vainglorious mucker will by this display for once be vanquished...
...Extension of studies now in progress on the mode of action of Vitamin C or ascorbic acid to include: (a) testing, with scorbutic guinea pigs, the activity of products intermediate in the synthesis of ascorbic acid from xylose; (b) the preparation and testing of substances formed by systematic changes in the structure of ascorbic acid; (c) an investigation of the manner in which ascorbic acid is produced by animals which are not subject to scurvy...
...succeeded to a remarkable extent in putting an end to such forms of economic waste as the strike, the lookout, sabotage etc. Prior to Mussolini's accession, Italy was so torn with violent industrial disturbances that communism was believed by many to be inevitable. But in his particular mode of Fascism, Mussolini prevented the inevitable. The voice of American labor seems, for the moment at least, to be stilled. But inasmuch as the administration agencies have only aggravated our industrial disputes, the need for a constructive plan for labor becomes increasingly urgent. To continue to deal in generalities, to plead...