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Charles Laughton gives us Captain Bligh, an iron-willed flend running amuck at sea, where reason is powerless to restrain him. In spite of his round, boyish face, bestial cruelty disguised as lawful discipline seems to be Laughton's forte. This was demonstrated in "Les Miserables" as well as in the present picture. Those thick lips and pug nose of his are becoming the cinematic symbol of brutality...
...East 40th, New York City. We try to show each little utility The lack of charm and utter futility Of being bad, and how to be good And stay on the path of rectitude. But if on that road they run amuck, We'll ride them down with the big Mack...
...with the proletariat for what they called a square deal, and National Government, frightened last week, were trying to give it in hot haste. None too soon. Day after Major Stanley suspended the hated new Dole regulations, famed Sheffield's silver-plating and cutlery-fashioning proletariat ran amuck around the City Hall, flung brickbats through the windows when the Sheffield City Council refused to receive a delegation of unemployed demanding still more Dole, beat up nine policemen...
Cold-sober in Philadelphia, His Excellency ably lashed the Great Powers thus: "There is a tendency to look down upon Japan as un enfant gāté [spoiled child] who may run amuck at any moment. The argument too often falls upon Japanese ears in this manner: If we have the ratio of 10, we will always behave, but if you [Japan] have more than 6 or 7 it is highly probable that you will go astray.' Does not that sound too much like asserting moral superiority? It is something which Japanese susceptibility cannot tolerate. It is something...
...replace dictators not only do dramatics subside but therewith the chances of detection in case of error. It is true that the President still works the pedals, but obviously he cannot devote the time to the machine that the old autocrat could, and Richberg is not likely to run amuck as did Johnson. Debate and recommendations will ensue, and fertile ground for buck-passing cleared. In short, the indications are that NRA under any new combination of initials is on the skids, however inadequately they may appear to be greased at present...