Word: conveyance
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...movie runs thirty-five minutes and is unexpectedly clearly printed. Without closeups and the moving camera, the technique of acting is quaintly cramped, all action moving from side to side before the lens. Since they cannot speak, the players use magnificent gestures and grimaces to convey their emotions, and this very burlesque of over-acting is amusing to moderns. The "immortal Sarah" is a disappointment, for although the cinema may not be her medium, she has no right to shatter dreams by being a dumpy, lame, old woman. Anybody who takes the movies seriously will be fascinated by this page...
...recent pictures only "Camille" has a romance comparable to that in "Beloved Enemy." The actors convey an impression of intense love though outwardly they are restrained and indignified. To the mind of the reviewer the bicycle ride through the country is one of the finest and most tender love sequences of any movie. The highest praise is lavished upon the two charming and polished actors, upon the director, and upon the cameraman. They have made an unforgettable picture...
...anguish while writing Brünnhilde's songs. Time and again he asked himself whether any woman alive would be equal to them. Last week's audience again marveled at Kirsten Flagstad's command of the role, the way she used her strong, rich voice to convey Brünnhilde's unutterable happiness with Siegfried, her rage at being betrayed, the grimness with which she sought his death...
...gasoline pump, a ventilator. Last week's audience had no dancers to explain what was happening or to whom it was happening. They heard only music to express life aboard ship, a hot-blooded tango where the mermaids are supposed to interrupt ship routine, two catchy tunes to convey tropic abandon. Critics suspected that H. P. contained more South American hotcha than it did authentic Indian music...
...petition reads as follows: "We, the undersigned, members of the Harvard Law School, wish to convey our disapproval of the recent suggestion for increasing the membership of the Supreme Court of the United States. The precedent created by such action could only operate to partisan ends. We therefore urge the judiciary committee to report the proposed legislation unfavorably to the Senate...