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...Whistler, by Hesketh Pearson. A brisk, anecdotal portrait of the 19th century painter and eccentric (TIME, March...
...Whistler, by Hesketh Pearson. A brisk, anecdotal portrait of the 19th century painter and eccentric (TIME, March...
While the Diamond music is occasionally exciting despite its lack of form, Handel's Fourth Concerto Grosso is a piece of soprific craftsmanship. Superficially similar to the Bach Bradenburg Council, it has none of their vitality and immediacy. The orchestra gave it a brisk, smooth run-through...
...somewhat wilted plot manages to take on an unaccustomed bloom in Fritz Lang's direction and the acting of an adept cast. Director Lang tells his story mostly with the camera, and gives the picture a brisk pace that helps conceal its slack spots. Anne Baxter makes a thoroughly attractive murder suspect, and Richard Conte as the newsman is such a demon columnist that he apparently never even has to bother to write a column...
...press conference, the President's remarks were brisk and pointed. The Russian situation, he confessed, was still too murky for comment. He would be sending to Congress his first reorganization plan and would recommend Cabinet status for Federal Security Administrator Oveta Gulp Hobby. He was pleased with the decontrolled price situation...