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King Solomon's Mines is as rich in scenery as it is in make-believe. The principals are trapped in a sandstorm, in a burning thatched village, in a gurgling underground crater which erupts upon their entrance. Majestically pictured is Paul Robeson, scaling peak and precipice, chanting Mighty Mountain-I'm Going to Climb You. For some spirited shield-whacking and spear-hurling filmed in South Africa, Director Robert Stevenson hired 5,000 native Impingi. who were reluctant to act because they thought they were being drafted for a new European war. Good shot: Robeson digging for water...
Increasingly able since he played in his first Wimbledon tournament in 1935, Budge has this year reached the peak of his form. On his way to last week's final he had lost only one set-to his Davis Cup Teammate Frank Parker in the semifinals. Included among the opponents whom he had beaten with distressing ease were Australia's Vivian McGrath, Czechoslovakia's Ladislow Hecht, France's Christian Boussus. Von Cramm had more trouble in his early matches, beating Australia's Jack Crawford in five sets and then playing a red-hot semi-final...
...like period since the beginning of the depression. [In brief, farmers and other producers of raw materials have been getting good prices for their production, labor has had more work at high wages. Manufacturers of goods of everyday use have enjoyed a phenomenal activity, exceeding the 1929 peak...
...Princeton group headed by James Stewart, Myron McCormick, Joshua Logan and Bretaigne Windust-began spending their vacations doing old and new plays in New England resort communities. In 1930 there were 15 active "straw hat" companies within a night's railroad ride of Manhattan. By 1934, numerically the peak season, Variety could list 105 summer stock companies. At first Broadway producers thought that summer playhouses could be advantageously used to try out shows under consideration for the following season in town. Result was that three years ago 135 new plays were given rural premieres. But as time went...
...have this year's. Reported Chicago's Graduate Placement Bureau, 92% placed, average monthly salary $115. Yale: 45% placed, salary $120. Princeton, "anyone who wanted to land a job could do so." Harvard, "being hired 15% ahead of 1936." Columbia, "1937 will join 1936 and 1930 as peak years." Stanford, "50% increase in placements, salaries $105." U. S. Steel took 594 from 91 colleges, American Telephone & Telegraph 300, General Electric 700, Goodyear Tire and Firestone no each...