“No Time for Comedy” (Movie Review-9/7/40)

Microfiche-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 9/7/40 | Bosley Crowther

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Maybe the skies are darkening and the times out of joint, but the moment is always propitious for a charming jocularity of this sort.

Couldn’t have said it better myself. Less pretentious, maybe.

“No Time for Comedy” original trailer

[freedumb2003]

Jimmy Stewart was a national treasure.

We shall not see his like again.

[wbarmy]

In a biography on Stewart, it talks about the fact that he did not allow him to use his wartime service as a marketing gimmick. As one of the most decorated and succesful bomber pilots and commanders there was, he could have got a lot of mileage. The other tidbit was that no one from his crew ever lacked a job while Stewart was alive.

A hero, an officer, and a gentleman. One of the last in Hollywood.