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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Edmund Gwenn, veteran character actor that he is, gets the freest of reins in this innocuous little film--and he overacts his way magnificently through the role of an irascible old Scottish sheepherder, soaked in Scotch and fighting a losing battle with a heather-clogged accent. Plot concerns a couple...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 12/16/1947 | See Source »

As a member of '63, I object to the level upon which many candidates for our Smoker Committee are conducting their campaigns. By making sex their slogan, they are degrading what can be a clean and memorable evening of fun into an event which any of us would be ashamed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Open Letter to All Freshmen | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

If this exchange of tattle for titillation were the whole truth, only half the battle need be lost; for Playwright John van Druten's soldier is an engaging character and his girl is rather an original one. But since these characters have been deprived of their chief motives, their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Dec. 15, 1947 | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

Thunder in the Valley is a remake of Bob, Son of Battle, Alfred Ollivant's children's classic about rival Scottish shepherds and their dogs. Those who remember the glorious old rip of a character actor (Music Hall Veteran Will Fyffe) and the glorious black villain of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: For Small Fry | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

Never ones to let a logical plot stand in their way, the Marx Brothers outdo themselves in this revived 1937 classic. The chase, the great delaying action, Groucho scooting around like a bowlegged buzzard, and all the traditional slapstick routines are crammed into a confusing but hilarious "Room Service." According...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 12/9/1947 | See Source »

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