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Showman de Mille, serving as his own narrator-pitchman, fills the screen with pageants and parades, finds a spot for 60-odd circus acts: aerialists, sword swallowers, clowns, acrobats, showgirls, lions and tigers, performing dogs, horses, seals, bears and elephants. He is also fascinated by circus logistics: the huge, complex task of getting the show on the road and off, of grappling with such photogenic jobs as unfurling acres of canvas and raising them into...
...girl put it, "we carry a double-edged sword; one edge is sharp, the other dull." When asked if he thought that the smattering of nationalities represented at the school was a good idea, one student answered, "Yes, except the smattering could be a little thinner in some places...
...silversmith at 79 Chestnut Street in Boston, has been associated with original, fine, silverwork ever since Beacon Hill has been associated with Boston. The show room and shop are in the same building, and offer such items as this candle snuffer, the handle a replica of Paul Revere's sword and the top, a model of his hat. This item goes for $10.00, and is but one of the many objects in modern and antique silverware offered at Gebelein...
Though we bear no sword...
During the 30's political feeling roared high through the University, and was noticeably reflected in the UT's audience. Three thousand students signed a petition protesting as "sword-rattling" the Hearst Newsreel which the Theatre subscribed to. Faced with over-whelming disapproval, Sumner withdrew the newsreel...