Joseph Hirsch "The New Masses", following the July 1946 lynching of two black men and their wives in Monroe, Georgia. "The Burden" (1947) depicts a hollow-eyed American GI installing white cross gravemarkers in a military cemetery, while in the background a second GI unloads yet another jeep-full. Hirsch's poster for the original 1949 Broadway production of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" depicts a beaten-down Willy Loman trudging onward with his heavy suitcases. Hirsch was of German-Jewish heritage, but occasionally explored Christian themes. In "The Crucifixion" (1945), we see a close-up of the cross from behind, and the thick timbers block any
Pavalakkodi (1949 film) Pavalakkodi (1949 film) Pavalakkodi is a 1949 Indian Tamil language mythological film produced and directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. The film featured T. R. Mahalingam, T. E. Varadhan and T. R. Rajakumari in the lead roles. It is the story of Arjuna, a Mahabharata character, falling in love with Pavalakkodi who is the princess of a coral island called Pavala Theevu. (However, the story is not found anywhere in Mahabharata). The list is adapted from The Hindu article and from the database of Film News Anandan. Dance The story was a popular stage play with M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar