1938 in Film a Year of Doubt and Delayed Dreams
A retro critique surveys 1938 cinema noting industry dissension and market abstention from ambitious projects. It lists top box office earners, failed films, and a personal slate of ten best pictures, with predictions for Academy Award winners and directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoutwood
Cales
Cademy
Motion Picture Arts Siences
Aylor
Alexander
Old
Chicago
Tyrone Power
Hokum
Rebeech
Sunnybrook Farm
Luise Rayner
Harrison
Russia
the Citadel
Lionel Barrymore
Stamp News MPO commemorates Canadian issues next summer
The Dominion plans a special postage stamp set and mint four Canadian silver dollars after King George VI approved stamp designs. First day sales of Theodora Roosevelt and Taft stamps in the new U S regular series totaled 20120 and 21288 dollars, completing the 1938 philatelic program. Panama will issue a multi color 25 sheet set for the 150th anniversary of the U S Constitution featuring the Cathedral Tower Panama and the Statue of Liberty with flags, plus a Panama Canal themed issue planned for 1939. Nazi refugees are selling German stamps abroad to save money, a market shift noted in this report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MPO
Canada
Dominion
George VI
Mackenzie King
Theodora Roosevelt
Taft
U. S
Panama
Old
United States
One Strong Fleet to End Ocean Division Plans
A historical note argues for a unified naval buildup beyond shipyards and facilities, warning that Congress may halt progress with retrenchment or new reduction schemes, as occurred in 1922. The piece critiques the idea of separate fleets in each ocean and urges commitment to a single global fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gein
Seabard
Sally Blair and Corey Porter Face Ski Trip and Heartache
Sally Blair accepts Corey Porter's plan for a Lake Placid skiing trip after Christmas, while haunted by memories of Dan Reynolds. As Sally pretends to embrace the glittering, carefree life, she battles an aching emptiness and questions her true feelings for Corey and the vanished Dan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aractaus
Sally
Carey
Dan
Sally Blair
Don Reynolds
Dan Reynolds
Corey
Reynolds
Sam Blair
Corey Porter
Mr. Blair
Porter
Lake Placid
Navy power or canal must guide our future strategy
The author argues for keeping a unified battle fleet and Pan ama Canal as the strategic linchpin. He warns that dividing the fleet to favor a hypothetical Liva-oden navy risks conflicting with future adversaries and urges building a canal through Nicaragua rather than another navy. Tomorrow notes outline needs of our way.
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Panama
Canal
Ehe Fedetfont
Modorn
Ranak
Nicaragua
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Ann Gillis
Andy Hardy
Hollywood
Columbia
Bette Davis
Spencer Tracy
Trank Capra
Minnie Dupree
Kentucky
Walter Brennan
Warner Brothers
Paul Morrison
Wnenne
Sarr
Gresien
Vienna
STAMP_NEWS
Panama Canal
Isthmus
California
Conyright
NBA Service
Japa
Germany
Maly
Peither
MARR
Elinore Cowan Stone
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