Word: cleverness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Edward Gilbert's settings, his conception of a Pentagon mogul's office, seems rather more prosaic than it might have been, but on the whole the decors are elaborate and clever. There is, in fact, very little about The Solid Gold Cadillac that is not highly enjoyable, and a visit to the Colonial before next Saturday is highly recommended...
...Desperate Hours alternates scenes inside Howard Bay's clever two-floored house with quick snatches at police headquarters. The invaders make half the family go to work on pain of killing the other half at the slightest peep. Nor can the Hilliards set any trap that they won't also tumble into themselves. Even the police, after they have broken the story, can't shoot things out without maybe killing Hilliards instead of hoodlums...
...level his idea is simple: hate America. His four figures are intended to signify Italy, Germany, and two aspects of the French soul, all sent on a fool's errand to pull U.S. chestnuts out of the fire. The propaganda is mostly vicious and irresponsible, occasionally clearsighted, always clever. U.S. audiences, however, will not be subjected to most of it. Most of the hate-America stuff was hacked out of the original, which ran close to three hours...
...along for more than 150 years without a security system for federal employees: Is Order 10450, therefore, a sign of hysteria? Or is the system justified by the threat posed by a clever and implacable enemy...
Hangmen, pleads Author Duff, are widely underrated: they are really artists. The good hangman must not only have a sharp eye and a clever touch; he must have personality and good stage presence, must feel at home with any class of people, and should be "capable of being the guide, philosopher and friend of whomsoever he must hang for us." In particular, Duff sings the praises of 19th century Hangman James Berry, who calculated precisely the length of rope needed to break the prisoner's neck with pulling the head off. Berry expressed this in a brilliant and still...