Word: crumpet
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...guys had to do was to jump over Taylor's half-dead body and be careful not to fall in the Elbe. Back in London, Soldier Taylor gives a curt goodbye to an English girl (Dana Wynter)-whose heart breaks in a nice, quiet English way, like a crumpet-and ships back to the little woman and the big house in Connecticut, where he clearly intends to trade in that olive drab for a grey flannel suit...
...humor of the feature is pretty laborious, there are some funny shorts on the bill. In one of them Robert Benchley says funny things about sleeping; and another, Christopher Crumpet's Playmate, has a happy ending. Two are Mr. Magoo. Through two of his wildest endings Magoo remains imperturbable...
...crusty roll, whizzing like a meteor out of the unknown, shot past the Crumpet . . . and shattered itself against the wall. Noting that his guest had risen some eighteen inches into the air, the Crumpet begged him not to give the thing another thought. 'Just someone being civil,' he explained...