Paramount Screenings Highlight Western Technicolor Merriment
WIU Fea reports Yankee at King Arthur’s Court in Technicolor with Bing Crosby Sir Cecil Hardwick Rhonda Fleming and William Bendix. King performs with bare knees and a toga flashback. Eyes on Hollywood short features Alan Ladd Mary Jane Saunders and access to theaters. Rebel the dog debuts on set and Roy Chapman Andrews footage appears in Wonder House. Conreid joins Wallis production replacing Bressart. Spike Jones and City Slickers recount wartime entertainment.
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Thought control and the future of manipulation
A 1949 column critiques the idea of science steering human thought through devices and rays. It imagines absurd scenarios of political figures and nations under mind control, warning of dangers while mixing satire with serious concern about technological power.
What would a good poker player want with a job
A witty exchange centers on a psychologist finishing a lecture. A meek man asks if a skilled poker player could hold any executive job. The lecturer confirms, prompting the man to wonder what such a player would seek in employment.
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