Word: comics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Otto Soglow, 74, Manhattan-born cartoonist best known as the creator of The Little King, the mustachioed mini-monarch whose antics have been a comic-page staple in more than 100 newspapers since 1934; of an apparent heart attack; in New York City...
Cliff Gorman, as an Israeli intelligence officer, is what he is: a good comic actor in desperate need of a gag. Richard Attenborough, as the cracked mastermind of the plot, gamely gives more of himself than his small role calls for or can sustain. John V. Lindsay plays a U.S. Senator, the father of one of the kidnaped girls, pretty much as he played being mayor of New York City - like a B-picture leading man. At that, he is not the worst thing about this flaccid, fatuous film, though with such wealth to choose from, it is hard...
...Beatty has a purpose beyond merely mocking the life of an L.A. hairdresser, as he lets us know at the outset with the flashing of "Election Day" on the dark screen, and as he reminds us every time we see the face that is becoming the most comic mug since Tom Dewey. Ah, yes, we think, as we watch George's tumescence, very similar to the swelling of CREEP's campaign funds. A pair of legs spreading apart, we realize, is quite analogous to the hairy palm of a politician opening up to receive a bribe. As we watch George...
None of this means that the film is less cheeky (or less visually sumptuous) than its predecessor. It is merely a modest claim that its director is something more than a nimble comic stylist. He has the good satirist's indispensable quality, moral indignation, and the wit to show it only in bright, bitter, almost subliminal flashes. Perforce less of a surprise than The Three Musketeers, and perhaps a little sketchier in plotting and characterization. The Four Musketeers disappoints only because we know that there is not enough film left in the can to bring D'Artagnan...
Cher has evolved into a polished performer with tremendous vocal abilities, comic timing, and a sleek, sexy approach to all she does. Through the tumult of the past ten years her star has continued to shine, and I can only hope that it will shine for ten times ten more...