Word: charming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...shot back a question; perused the paper; pursed his lips; stopped to slake his thirst with a drink of water; wiped his mouth with a handkerchief from his side pocket; finished reading; squiggled a signature. His desk was clear. Then, he straightened up and turned on his charm to greet Ambassador Oswaldo Aranha (a great Roosevelt admirer) who arrived accompanied by Brazil's Minister of Finance, Arthur Souza Costa. The President smiled his most charming smile as he took Senhor Souza Costa's hand. Then the agreement was spread on the desk in duplicate. Senhor Aranha, sitting...
...screen can present. "The Little Minister," perhaps even more than "Little Women," is perfectly fitted to the talents of this enchanting woman: A true gem of sentimental romance, Barrie's story has been rendered into a film of haunting loveliness by the restrained skill of its producers and the charm of Miss Hepburn. Set against the dream-like beauty of the lovely little Scottish village of Thrums the drama unrolls itself with absorbing simplicity and beauty. The new minister of the Auid Licht congregation (admirably played by John Beal) has a hard boat to row for these fiercely pious Scotsmen...
...grant that parts of my native South Carolina (Ridgeway) are "flat, sandy, scrubby, down-at-heel," but these parts are offset by the plantation river homes of the low-country, Charleston with the churches, homes and public buildings of unsurpassed architectural charm, gardens, gates, doorways and streets that equal any in the world. The beauties of Italy, Amain, Sorrento, Naples remind me only of Charleston and its surrounding "low-country...
...chieftain's daughter takes up with a rival tribal chief's son. Her camera-conscious father shakes his battle-ax, the black warriors jump into their canoes and there is the customary stone and mud-pie fight around the village walls. "Hei Tiki" is the love charm which girls of the Maori tribe wear around their necks. Worst shot: a group of natives with their backs to the camera yammering around a pile of holy sticks...
Audiences for whom this sentimental fiction lacks the charm that might have excused its improbability, are likely to enjoy its score, including the Schubert melodies "Ave Maria," "Serenade," "Rosamunde." Good shot: Fräulein Eggerth (a cheerful blonde soprano, due next month to work in Hollywood) hitting high C in "Serenade...