Word: screening
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...typical, of course, that the Dodger run came on a hit which simply refused to bounce off a perfectly good screen. The seasoned fan expected the next batter to hit the sign and win a free suit, or to take three bases on a foul bunt...
...carry his fight for re-election to every street corner in the state, started out last week on the sidewalks of New York-with a new twist which allowed the whole city to look in on the process. Dewey posted himself in NBC's television studio before a screen which picked up questioners being televised on two distant street corners. At the same time, his voice and image were picked up by a studio camera and carried back to his interrogators. By switching from street corner to studio cameras in turn, NBC sent the interviews flickering out-presumably...
Columbia professors have also spoken of Eisenhower's remoteness with the faculty. He brought one of his aides with him from the army to screen his work for him. At various times distinguished professors have found the General "unavailable" to them as he "only will consult with deans...
...Ruth Hussey, 37, grey-eyed star of stage (State of the Union) and screen (The Philadelphia Story), returned to her old alma mater, Providence's Pembroke College (where she was an "average student"), put on the proper costume for playing the part of an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts...
...Glass Menagerie (Warner), the first Tennessee Williams play to reach Broadway, is also the first to reach the screen.* It does not live up to its stage success. Except for an "upbeat" ending, which Co-Scripter Williams reluctantly imposed on Playwright Williams at the urging of Hollywood, the film gives a reasonably faithful reading of the play. Painstakingly produced and expensively cast, it tries conscientiously to rework the frail story in movie terms. But the charm, the magic and the vague sadness of the play are lost...