Word: bloodhounds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bloodhound...
After a Christmasy opening, filled with carolers and cuteness, Disney's anthropomorphic animals take charge: Jock the Scotty speaks with a burr; Trusty the bloodhound has a Southern accent; a dachshund talks like a comedy Dutchman; a borzoi spouts about Gorky with Russian flourishes. Whimsy is seldom more than a step ahead of whamsy: Jock and Trusty archly explain about sex to Lady just before Tramp does battle with three slavering mastiffs; a comic scene in the dog pound is closely followed by a parody of the "last mile" walk from the death house as a crazed...
...Phenomenon. Voluminously voluble, gaunt, hot-eyed, nervous as a neurotic bloodhound, Malraux has an exotic fascination for Frenchmen as an intellectual who is also what they call un homme engage. As a man committed to action, Malraux-believing Communism to be the wave of the future-intrigued in the Chinese revolution and flew for the Loyalists in Spain; during World War II, he fought brilliantly in the Resistance. As a man of intellect, he distilled powerful novels from his experiences (Man's Fate, Man's Hope...
...Moscow," as the villagers call his new home, is actually a small-scale Kremlin. Oaken gates and a six-foot-high stone wall seal off the front; a seven-foot-high wire fence topped by barbed wire barricades the sides. Ten husky guards patrol the approaches, accompanied by a bloodhound and a German police...
...final judging for the championship of the show, Storm was matched against a Skye terrier which looked like a dust mop, a prissy poodle, a sad-eyed bloodhound, a self-conscious Irish setter and a pudgy pug. It was hardly a contest. Storm, sleek and cocky, paraded around with the aplomb of a high-fashion model. He stood stolidly as the judge solemnly inspected his teeth, eyes, haunches and toenails. Some 10,000 dog fanciers were on tenterhooks as the judge walked over to where all the silverware was. Dramatically, at just the proper moment, the judge pointed at Storm...