Word: bitted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...long downgrade run for the famed Bennington Curve.* She was an hour late. Conductor J. A. McCormick felt the speedup as he walked through the lounge car toward a Pullman up ahead. Suddenly he stopped: "I sensed something-I don't know what-telling me to wait a bit...
Those hardy few who stayed through until the second feature were amply rewarded by the usual volume of Red Skelton's antics and prat-falls. Unable to satisfy any but the most ardent fan by sheer weight of pantomime and well-timed gags, M.G.M. has wisely injected a bit of pathos into the comedy. Cast as a well-meaning, but deadly boor, Red Skelton takes "The Showoff" through a series of heart breaking mishaps with amazing dexterity and an almost embarrassing reality. A living portrait of the guy who would break his leg while putting on a hat, Skelton uses...
...makes most of his points on a leaping, twisting shot from a pivot post. Ambidextrous, he has a knack of changing the ball from one hand to another at the last second and getting it in the clear without a bit of lost motion. His height (6 ft. 5 in.), long arms and springy legs all help. But his prize asset is a big, soft hand with long fingers that enables him to shoot a "soft" ball; it seems to float lazily from his fingertips, either drops clean or drowzes tantalizingly on the basket rim, then falls...
With a rat on each treadmill, the apparatus was set running 20 hours a day. The pace soon began to tell. The wakeful, wretched rats grew scrawny and stopped growing. After 30 sleepless days, their dispositions showed it. They snapped and bit out in all directions. Given an opportunity, they attacked and killed one another...
Harsh winter weather kept a lot of U.S. moviegoers at home during the past few weeks. Variety reported a noticeable slump at box offices. But neither snow nor slush nor biting winds bit too deeply into the popularity...