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...Another pretender, who claimed identity as "the rightful 'Duke of Bridgewater' . . . torn from high estate and degraded to the companionship of felons on a raft...
...some of poetry's modern navel-contem-platers, Britain's Poet Laureate at least has remained true to his credo. From the day in 1902 when his first slim volume of Salt-Water Ballads rolled off a London press, John Masefield the poet has kept close companionship with the hearts of a generation of British and U.S. readers. In rhythms as forthright as the beat of a yeoman's pulse and lines as graceful as the curtsy of a tall East Indiaman in the wallow of a seaway, his verses have sung of the countrysides Britons love...
Both the physical and emotional setting of the picture are excellent. The young boy, like a seed trying to push roots into barren soil seeks affection, companionship and even faith in his environment. But because Berlin is so desolate and its people reduced to such hopelessness, the boy finds no answer but death. Producer and director, Roberto Rossellini's photography captures perfectly the demolished physical atmosphere of war-term Berlin, while the plot progression skillfully works out the emotional sterility of most of the characters...
Ever since wars began, there has been a controversy among military men as to whether the quality of companionship or aloofness stands by a commander best when he wants to obtain a "maximum effort" from his men. In "Twelve O'Clock High," Gregory Peck plays the part of the tartar, sent in to command a group of discouraged, tired flyers; he replaces a man whose companionability has allowed laxity in the group's performance and given it a poor record...
...club is definitely not for professionals but for amateurs who lack either the workshop or the inclination which companionship will encourage," Mrs. Egelson said...