Word: blende
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shots have been all but eliminated. In the hard-riding scenes, the horsemen are photographed at closer range, and ride across the screen rather than toward the camera. There are more whites in Autry's TV films than in the old movies, and the darker colors are a blend of greys, which are easier than black on a televiewer's eyes...
Under Vincente Minelli's crisp direction, the fun rarely lets up. Actress Taylor, perfectly cast, gives a winning performance. But in a production that makes a happy blend of many talents, Veteran Tracy is by far the most conspicuous. The role of the harassed, neglected father is his best in years, and from start to finish his flawless playing is a joy to watch...
That is the curious thing about Restoration comedy: like its era, it is a strange blend of the earthy and the refined. Amateur actors (and puritanical critics) in general catch only the earthy, or vulgar, spirit, missing the refinement which fires the whole...
Clift and Douglas give unaffected performances that blend nicely with the acting of Director Seaton's remarkable nonprofessionals. Germany's O. E. Hasse shines as a cheerfully self-professed Soviet spy who feeds the Russians bogus airlift statistics because they will not believe the real ones in the newspapers. The film's most notable performer: Actress Cornell Borchers, who clearly qualifies as a "find." Alluring in a way that falls mercifully short of Hollywood's beauty-contest standards, she gives her role an unusual depth and subtlety...
...gives the role something that brassy Ethel Merman never attempted: she kindles the love story with poignancy, makes it seem something more sincere than a musicomedy plot. In a slow, sentimental number like They Say It's Wonderful, performed with breathless tenderness, she puts together the rare blend of singing and acting talent that makes lyrics carry emotion as well as melody. And, toward the end, when she bounces back into animal spirits to join Keel in Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better, her strident comic style and Berlin's flamboyant duet seem to have been...