Word: camera
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...technicolor is excellent in spots, but the plot of "The Great Mr. Handel" is disjointed, however historically accurate. Economy of production shows up in such scenes as that in Foxhall, where the camera stresses the characters and no sense of the surroundings is given. The arias of the "Messiah" which are presented are mostly the female ones, and well done, but the lack of a good male voice necessitated the omission of several of the best parts...
Apart form its political connotations, "Lifeboat" is an entertaining and exciting movie. Though the camera never leaves the boat, it manages to bring into view a wide range of emotions. The capable cast includes, in addition to those previously mentioned, Henry Hull, Mary Anderson, Canada Leo, and Heather Angel...
...bear their afflictions meekly, there will be watermelon by & by, or the Hall Johnson Choir in the sky. He talks sober, unrhetorical English, and before long he is reading aloud (from Mein Kampf) some of Hitler's opinions about those "born half-apes." While he reads, the camera moves among his listeners, quietly contradicting Hitler by the most powerful shots in the film-the intent faces of proud, enduring, mature human beings...
...with their Associated Press membership. But until lately, when his News got U.P., Jones managed with Transradio News alone. He carried on a running battle in type. He has lost one physical skirmish: when he struck a Signal photographer, the Signal man bashed Jones over the head with the camera...
...film the gates of one of New York City's Jewish cemeteries for the same film, got a telephone call from the police captain of the cemetery precinct. He said no pictures could be taken. M.O.T. took the pictures anyway, and police took the names of the camera crew...