Word: productions
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...aircraft industry was young, had never been weaned from the Government teat. When 1940's orders poured in, it almost choked to death. Its product had revolutionized the world's ideas of speed; it production methods had not caught up with modern standards of speed in production...
...pathos and humor from their roles. William Gargan is a truly tragic figure as the villain of the piece, who ruins his own chances for happiness at the same time that he comes near to destroying the lives of those he loves most. Unlike the average Hollywood product, this film uses the setting to great advantage in creating atmosphere. The story takes place in the Napa vally of California, a beautiful fruit-growing area surrounded by brown, cloud-topped hills and dotted with rich farms. The landscape frames a touching story, and makes an impressive whole...
...merely pleasant. For many of these little businesses World War II has been a shot in the arm. Blockade and counter-blockade have cut off scores of Europe's odds & ends, and U. S. little business has rushed in to fill the demand. Some owe a new product, some their whole business...
...review includes everything from the sociology of sex to trained pigs and section men. In dress rehearsal the book, product of the combined wit of Charles H. Stern '41 and Grant Wiprud '41, was catchy and timely. Stern turned out a set of slook and sophisticated lyrics which Wiprud's molodies under the fingers of Wayne Anderson '41 at the piano color and bring out well...
Since radio went all out for quiz shows, many a program expert has strained mightily to vary the monotony of the question and answer formula. Strange product of this striving is the NBC show, Truth or Consequences, through which Procter & Gamble plugs Ivory Soap. Based on the oldtime parlor game, Truth or Consequences differs from rival questionnaires in that it penalizes participants who are baffled by its queries. Boisterous, rowdy, full of custard-pie humor, the program last week was hard on the heels of top-rating quiz show Information Please...