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Present Laughter (by Noel Coward; produced by John C. Wilson) was in no great hurry to cross the Atlantic after its London production (TIME, May 10, 1943). Now it is here, only Noel Coward addicts need be in a hurry to see it. Barring a few funny lines, it is pretty barren folderol about the life, loves and self-appreciation of a British matinee idol...
...danger in writing like Noel Coward is that you have to do it almost perfectly or you are very apt to come out sounding like a parody executed by the hopeful humorists on the Harvard Lampoon.--Wolcott Gibbs, The Now Yorker...
Brief Encounter. Excellent British-made tearjerker, expanded from a Noel Coward playlet (TIME, Sept...
...Brief Encounter. Excellent British-made tearjerker, expanded with realism and skill from a Noel Coward playlet (TIME, Sept...
This total exposure of genteel lust is an invitation from Mr. Noel Coward to step into his parlor. Once enmeshed in that strategically appointed web, the spectator is enticed by sheer wit to rest his repressions as the master's charming child-adults parade their riotously adulterous lives. The Blithe Spirit Private Lives formula is only slightly varied, but the cracks are fresh and strictly bon ton. Here are no new ideas, no thought, no stimulation--unless concurrent mistresses is your idea of a good time. Dear Noel's world, artfully constructed of gold cloth and pastel pasteboard, contains...