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...North Viet Nam, bounced down the ramp after Denton. In the second plane from Hanoi came Air Force Colonel James Robinson ("Robbie") Risner, an Air Force ace from World War II, Korea and Viet Nam, who was captured in 1965. "It's like we've been asleep for seven years," he said...
Only occasionally does the film break away from sentimentality. At one point, the old comic gets a booking under an assumed name and tries to make a comeback. During Calvero's act, Chaplin shows us the audience: half are asleep, the rest impatient and mumbling. Yawning spectators start leaving. Soon, everyone has left, but for a single nodding head in the foreground. The rest is chairs. A comeback attempt, if it fails, can be an embarassment even for the audience. Those in the audience Chaplin filmed don't know the performer is the once-great Calvero, so they are spared...
...going to be hard to revolve it around John. Last Saturday night I went into her room and she wasn't asleep. I asked her what was wrong, and she said, 'I'm afraid of Daddy coming home. I'm afraid of Daddy.' I told her I was afraid of Daddy too. And she said, 'But if I close my eyes, I can see Daddy smiling, and then I'm not afraid any more...
...fast is that our suite, which is always loched, was broken into while we were asleep. We were virtually powerless to do anything to prevent the ensuing situation...
...unparalleled workhorse, he often did business before breakfast, while many of his junior colleagues were still asleep. Even today, he called his secretary from Washington to dictate a letter...