Word: camera
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...best British film manner, "Tawny Pipit" assumes that it is the commonplace that is worth examining. The incident of a rare species of bird nesting in a small English village offers camera and actors an appropriate chance to reproduce quiet, minutely-scaled rural life pretty much as it exists. No one is seduced or murdered on a chrome-plated village green, and what action does occur has the look and sound of reality...
Robert Montgomery used his eyes for a camera in "Lady in the Lake," and started a new screen fad. In his latest work, he shifts emphasis to his mouth. The chance of a new craze developing is doubtful; but there are enough close-ups of gum-chewing, envelope-licking and other oral shennanigans to fascinate any dentist. The average fan may not be as overwhelmed, but by close observation he may discover whether Montgomery has his tongue in his cheek. The quality of his performance makes it seem likely...
Announced last week was a new motion-picture camera so fast that it can take movies at 11,000,000 frames a second-more than ten times as fast as any previous machine. Developed by the University of Rochester's Dr. Brian O'Brien and Gordon G. Milne, the new camera produces a picture that is a ragged blur, but good enough for scientific studies and measurements. A bullet, photographed by this slow-motion technique, travels only an inch in a minute...
Many who admired the book may be disappointed to learn that in the picture Amber is allowed only four of her numerous lovers. What's more, she gets an even crueler comeuppance, without (as far as the camera can see) having much fun earning it. During the 140 minutes of the movie the famous hussy is never even kissed hard enough to jar an eyelash loose; and it comes as a mild shock when she suddenly announces her pregnancy...
...Leon Shamroy's camera gives Amber a highly appetizing protective Technicoloration that dotes with equal affection on furniture and flesh, brazen sconce and brazen bust...