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...amatory ups-&-downs have a warmth and poignancy which is unprecedented in a cinemusical. When they cue into a song-especially the sentimental bull's-eye Long Ago-they do not step out of character for the number. Their dance duets are the best since Astaire and Rogers split. Scene after scene, even the troublesome Manhattanites in their splendid lairs, have a remarkable authenticity of emotion, place, atmosphere and character. So do most of the sets, costumes, dance routines, Jerome Kern tunes and Ira Gershwin lyrics...
...into exile, observed the ritual of grief, not even shaving, until the day of liberation. Serb émigrés, already uneasy lest Peter II throw in his lot with Tito, now feared that he would further shake his standing among those still loyal to him in the faction-split homeland...
...first eleven years of its life the New Leader was the organ of the Socialist Party. Since the Party's split in 1935 into militantly Marxist and New Dealish segments, the weekly has been the voice of the New Dealish group, which calls itself the Social Democratic Federation. Social Democrats combine the pragmatism of Philosopher John Dewey (a frequent New Leader contributor) with, as their name implies, a desire for "democratic socialism." They are pro-trade union and wish there were more union leaders like the garment workers' David Dubinsky. Beyond that they disagree among themselves on pros...
Plowing through icy Arctic waters, the Liberty ship Chief Washakie was 45 miles off Unalaska Island on the blustery night of last Dec. 10. At 10:22 her master was startled out of a sound sleep by a sound "like cannon fire"; the Washakie had split her sides open. Held together by her double bottom, the ship limped into Makushin Bay for temporary repairs, then headed for Dutch Harbor 48 miles away...
...Actually all Cullman's investments are split with his older brother Joe, who is not merely a silent partner, but a muzzled one. Says Howard: ''If Joe walks out on a show opening night, it's sure to be a hit. Joe is always wrong...