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The Current Cinema

Music and Tears

by John Mosher

The New Yorker, October 30, 1937, pp. 89-90

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      January 30, 1937 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. Profiles, pp. 21-25
      2. The Theatre, pp. 26-27
      3. Of All Things, p. 28
      4. Out of Town, pp. 29-33
      5. The Race Track, pp. 34-35
      6. A Reporter at Large, pp. 36-42
      7. On and Off the Avenue, p. 43
      8. Wines & Liquors , pp. 44-46
      9. Musical Events, pp. 47-51
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        The Current Cinema by John Mosher, pp. 52-53 - 3 Reviews
        You Only Live Once (1937 Film) by Fritz Lang
        Under Cover of Night (1937 Film) by George B. Seitz
        Three Smart Girls (1936 Film) by Henry Koster
      11. The Art Galleries, pp. 54-55
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        Guedalla by Clifton Fadiman, pp. 56-57 - 1 Review
        The Hundred Years by Philip Guedalla
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        Briefly Noted, p. 58 - 4 Reviews
        Return to Life by Erich Ebermayer
        The Haunted Omnibus by Alexander K. Laing
        Told with a Drum by Edward Harris Heth
        The Persian Journey of the Reverend Ashley Wishard and His Servant Fathi by Elgin Groseclose
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        General Fifty Million Brothers, by Charles W. Ferguson, p. 59 - 7 Reviews
        Fifty Million Brothers by Charles W. Ferguson
        Mass-Consumption by Frederick Purdy
        Nicholas II: Prisoner of the Purple by Mohammed Essad-Bey
        A Pictorial Primer of Yacht Racing Rules and by Gordon Aymar
        Are You a Stockholder? by Alden Winthrop
        Picturing Miracles of Plant and Animal Life by Arthur C. Pillsbury
        American Hurly-Burly by Ernest Sutherland Bates and Alan Williams
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        Mysteries The Man in the Blue Mask, by Anthony Morton, pp. 60-62 - 2 Reviews
        The Man in the Blue Mask by Anthony Morton
        Murdered: One by One by Francis Beeding
      16. Cover by Constantin Alajalov
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      April 3, 1937 Issue = 16 Articles
      1. The Theatre, p. 23
      2. Profiles, pp. 24-33
      3. Of All Things, pp. 34-53
      4. On and Off the Avenue, pp. 54-57
      5. About the House , pp. 58-60
      6. Wines and Liquors , pp. 61-66
      7. The Art Galleries, pp. 67-69
      8. Musical Events, p. 70
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        The Current Cinema by John Mosher, pp. 71-72 - 2 Reviews
        Elephant Boy (1937 Film) by Zoltan Korda and Robert J. Flaherty
        The King and the Chorus Girl (1937 Film) by Norman Krasna and Groucho Marx
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        Current Italian Literature: A Survey Course by Clifton Fadiman, pp. 73-75 - 3 Reviews
        Bread and Wine by Ignazio Silone
        Together and Apart by Margaret Kennedy
        Peace Is Where the Tempests Blow by Valentine Kataev
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        Briefly Noted, p. 76 - 10 Reviews
        Jordanstown by Josephine W. Johnson
        Juan in China by Eric Linklater
        Queen's Folly by Elswyth Thane
        Son of Han by Richard T. LaPiere
        Deep Summer by Gwen Bristow
        Twilight of a World by Franz Werfel
        Nights of an Old Child by Heinz Liepmann
        I Would Be Private by Rose Macaulay
        Light Woman by Zona Gale
        Me and Thee by Robert W. McCulloch
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        General Bonaparte, by Eugene Tarle, p. 77 - 8 Reviews
        Bonaparte by Eugene Tarle
        The Letters of Lenin by Elizabeth Hill, Doris Mudie, and Vladimir Lenin
        The Earlier Letters of Gertrude Bell by Elsa Richmond and Gertrude Bell
        Life and Death by Andrea Majocchi
        Spain in Arms, 1937 by Anna Louise Strong
        A Journey in Time by Blair Niles
        Damien the Leper by John Farrow
        Not to Be Broadcast by Ruth Brindze
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        Verse The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, by Louis MacNeice ..., p. 78 - 1 Review
        The Agamemnon of Aeschylus by Louis MacNeice and Aeschylus
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        Mysteries The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond, by G.K. Chesterton, p. 79 - 7 Reviews
        The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond by G.K. Chesterton
        The Tiny Diamond by Charlotte Murray Russell
        The Moon Saw Murder by Gail Oliver
        The Dragon's Jaws by Frank L. Packard
        Harness Bull by Leslie T. White
        French Farce by Edwin Greenwood
        The Mill House Murder by J.S. Fletcher
      15. Reader's Reminder List, pp. 80-82
      16. Cover by Constantin Alajalov
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      April 10, 1937 Issue = 17 Articles
      1. The Theatre, pp. 30-33
      2. Of All Things, pp. 34-36
      3. A Reporter at Large, pp. 37-43
      4. Letter from Paris, pp. 44-47
      5. The Art Galleries, pp. 48-51
      6. On and Off the Avenue, pp. 52-53
      7. Out of Town, pp. 54-58
      8. Tables for Two, pp. 59-61
      9. Musical Events, p. 62
      10. Concert Records, pp. 63-65
      11. The Race Track, pp. 66-68
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        The Current Cinema by John Mosher, pp. 69-75 - 2 Reviews
        Quality Street (1937 Film) by George Stevens
        Kimiko (1935 Film) by Mikio Naruse
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        Virginia Woolf---Oliver Gogarty by Clifton Fadiman, pp. 76-77 - 2 Reviews
        The Years by Virginia Woolf
        As I Was Going Down Sackville Street by Oliver St. John Gogarty
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        Briefly Noted, p. 78 - 7 Reviews
        Rainbow Fish by Ralph Bates
        Buckskin Breeches by Phil Stong
        The Antagonists by Paul Hervey Fox
        The Friendly Tree by C. Day Lewis
        Hero Breed by Pat Mullen
        Hornblower: Beat to Quarters by C.S. Forester
        Coronation Summer by Angela Thirkell
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        Burton of Arabia by Seton Dearden
        Old Fuss and Feathers by Arthur D. Howden Smith
        Marconi: The Man and His Wireless by Orrin E. Dunlap, Jr.
        Harriet Beecher Stowe by Catherine P. Gilbertson
        The Memoirs of George Sherston by Siegfried Sassoon
        Living in Tokyo by Katharine Sansom
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        Mysteries Murder Makes Murder, by Harriette Ashbrook, pp. 80-82 - 3 Reviews
        Murder Makes Murder by Harriette Ashbrook
        The Bonfire Murder by T. Arthur Plummer
        A Case for Three Detectives by Leo Bruce
      17. Cover by Harry Brown
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      April 17, 1937 Issue = 18 Articles
      1. The Theatre, p. 26
      2. Profiles, pp. 27-35
      3. Of All Things, pp. 36-38
      4. The Sky Line, pp. 39-41
      5. Letter from Paris, pp. 42-44
      6. Musical Events, pp. 45-49
      7. The Race Track, pp. 50-51
      8. On and Off the Avenue, pp. 52-54
      9. About the House , pp. 55-62
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        The Current Cinema by John Mosher, pp. 63-65 - 3 Reviews
        Marked Woman (1937 Film) by Lloyd Bacon
        Swing High, Swing Low (1937 Film) by Mitchell Leisen
        The Soldier and the Lady (1937 Film) by George Nichols, Jr.
      11. A Reporter at Large, pp. 66-72
      12. Court Games, pp. 73-74
      13. [+]
        Mr. Peattie Again by Clifton Fadiman, pp. 75-77 - 2 Reviews
        A Book of Hours by Donald Culross Peattie
        Lightship by Archie Binns
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        Briefly Noted, p. 78 - 5 Reviews
        People on the Earth by Edwin Corle
        River George by George W. Lee
        Boy in Blue by Royce Brier
        The Cock's Funeral by Ben Field
        Bread and a Sword by Evelyn Scott
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        General The Woodrow Wilsons, by Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, p. 78 - 8 Reviews
        The Woodrow Wilsons by Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
        We Cover the World by Eugene Lyons
        In the American Jungle, 1925-1936 by Waldo David Frank
        Garden Rubbish, and Other Country Bumps by Walter C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman
        Denmark: Kingdom of Reason by Agnes Rothery
        Yoga: A Scientific Evaluation by Kovoor T. Behanan
        The Conquest of Power by Albert Weisbord
        Washington, City and Capital
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        Verse, p. 79 - 1 Review
        Eugene Onegin by Aleksandr S. Pushkin
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        Mysteries The Case of the Dangerous Dowager, by Erle Sta..., pp. 80-82 - 6 Reviews
        The Case of the Dangerous Dowager by Erle Stanley Gardner
        One Man's Muddle by E. Baker Quinn
        The Candle by Linton C. Hopkins
        The Red Box by Rex Stout
        The Clue of the Silver Cellar by Miles Burton
        Challenge by H.C. McNeile
      18. Cover by Rea Irvin
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      October 2, 1937 Issue = 22 Articles
      1. Profiles, pp. 21-27
      2. The Theatre, pp. 28-31
      3. Of All Things, pp. 32-36
      4. Out of Town, pp. 37-39
      5. On and Off the Avenue, p. 40
      6. Feminine Fashions , pp. 40-41
      7. About the House , pp. 42-43
      8. As To Men , pp. 44-45
      9. Markets and Menus , pp. 46-48
      10. The Race Track, pp. 49-50
      11. Tables for Two, pp. 51-52
      12. Football, p. 53
      13. Yachts and Yachtsmen, pp. 54-58
      14. Letter from Paris, p. 59
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        The Current Cinema by John Mosher, p. 60 - 3 Reviews
        Back in Circulation (1937 Film) by Ray Enright
        Make a Wish (1937 Film) by Kurt Neumann
        Outlaws of the Orient (1937 Film) by Ernest B. Schoedsack
      16. Polo, pp. 61-62
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        John Jay Chapman---A Novelette and a Novel by Clifton Fadiman, pp. 63-64 - 3 Reviews
        John Jay Chapman and His Letters by M.A. DeWolfe Howe and John Jay Chapman
        Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner
        Famine by Liam O'Flaherty
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        Briefly Noted, p. 65 - 11 Reviews
        Young Henry of Navarre by Heinrich Mann
        Monday Go to Meeting by Kenneth Payson Kempton
        Down the Proud Stream by Carl Fallas
        Felicita by R.E. Spencer
        The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
        Lost Heritage by Bruno Frank
        The Short Stories of James T. Farrell by James T. Farrell
        Point Noir by Clelie Benton Huggins
        Babies Without Tails by Walter Duranty
        "All's Fair..." by Richard Wormser
        Academic Procession by James Reid Parker
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        General The Arts, by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, pp. 66-67 - 8 Reviews
        The Arts by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
        Andrew Jackson: Portrait of a President by Marquis James
        Assignment in Utopia by Eugene Lyons
        What Man Has Made of Man by Mortimer J. Adler
        This Must Be the Place by Morrill Cody
        The Colonial Period of American History by Charles M. Andrews
        Napoleon: A Doctor's Biography by Boris Sokoloff
        Time of Our Lives by Orrick Johns
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        Verse Selected Poems, by Allen Tate, p. 68 - 2 Reviews
        Selected Poems by Allen Tate
        Such Counsels You Gave to Me, and Other Poems by Robinson Jeffers
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        Mysteries Death at the Inn, by R. Austin Freeman, pp. 68-70 - 4 Reviews
        Death at the Inn by R. Austin Freeman
        The Age of Knaves by Charteris Leslie
        Death for Dear Clara by Q. Patrick
        The Murderers of Monty by Richard Hull
      22. Cover by Leonard Dove
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      October 30, 1937 Issue = 19 Articles
      1. Where Are They Now?, pp. 28-33
      2. The Theatre, pp. 34-35
      3. Of All Things, pp. 36-42
      4. Annals of Crime, pp. 43-60
      5. Musical Events, p. 61
      6. Popular Records, pp. 62-63
      7. The Automobile Show, pp. 64-75
      8. Out of Town, pp. 76-78
      9. Football, pp. 79-81
      10. On and Off the Avenue, p. 82
      11. Feminine Fashions , pp. 82-83
      12. About the House , pp. 84-88
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        The Current Cinema by John Mosher, pp. 89-90 - 2 Reviews
        Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937 Film) by David Butler
        Double Wedding (1937 Film) by Richard Thorpe
      14. The Race Track, pp. 91-92
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        Dullish Week by Clifton Fadiman, p. 93 - 3 Reviews
        The Garden of Adonis by Caroline Gordon
        Rumbin Galleries by Booth Tarkington
        Apes, Men and Morons by Earnest Albert Hooton
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        Briefly Noted, p. 94 - 5 Reviews
        The Gardener Who Saw God by Edward Frank Willis James
        Laughter in the West by L.A.G. Strong
        Rehearsal in Oviedo by Joseph Peyre
        Laleen, and Other Stories by Myrtle Johnston
        The Best British Short Stories, 1937 by Edward J. O'Brien
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        General Forbidden Journey: From Peking to Kashmir, by ..., p. 95 - 15 Reviews
        Forbidden Journey: From Peking to Kashmir by Ella K. Maillart
        The Scene Changes by Basil Thomson
        Midas of Rockies by Frank Waters
        Brisbane: A Candid Biography by Oliver Carlson
        Selected Writings of Thomas de Quincey by Philip Van Doren Stern and Thomas de Quincey
        The Man Who Was Chesterton by Raymond T. Bond and G.K. Chesterton
        Background of War by The Editors of Fortune
        The Old South: Struggles for Democracy by William E. Dodd
        Speak for Yourself by Alan Marshall
        Free Speech and Plain Language by Albert Jay Nock
        America's Sixty Families by Ferdinand Lundberg
        Augustus by John Buchan
        Men, Women and Tenors by Frances Alda
        The Romance of Textiles by Ethel Lewis
        West Indian Odyssey by Charles B. Parmer
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        Mysteries Night Over Mexico, by Todd Downing, pp. 96-98 - 1 Review
        Night Over Mexico by Todd Downing
      19. Cover by Robert J. Day
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