Word: true
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This movie succeeds, even more effectively than other recent efforts such as the play "Deep are the Roots" or "Home of the Brave" in making the casual spectator think hard about the negro "problem." This is true mainly because the negroes it depicts as central characters are intelligent, sensitive, attractive people whose problems the audience does not hesitate to share. You will catch yourself wondering what you would do in a similar predicament...
...long as the authorities remain silent, these political beliefs can be taken as the basis for the exclusion order. One striking indication that this is true is Shortliffe's story of how he was sharply questioned last May in the consular office in Toronto. What did he think about Indo-China? Would he prefer De Gaulle or the Communists to rule France? Did he believe in the overthrow of government by force...
Lost Boundaries. A true story, movingly enacted, of Negroes who "pass" as whites (TIME, July...
...even better than kind of entertainment was the artistic value of Ives' songs. I have heard Burl Ives sing a great many times both on records and in night clubs. In both cases it was impossible to realize the true clarity of his voice and the mellowness of his tone. Either there was surface noise on the records, or the sound of some drunken woman cackling...
...most part his scheduled songs were of a concert variety. The best of these was an unaccompanied number called. "The wandering of Old Angus." It is a poem set to a simple and haunting chant by Yeats. This and songs like this are the true ballads of England, Ireland, and Scotland. Mr. Ives does not sing them in his night club repertoire...