Word: darked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...suck cigars and make Presidents, was swept from his palatial office at Cambridge, Mass., and deposited in the White House by a nation "grown weary of obvious inefficiency at Washington; a leaderless people seeking leadership who turned to a man of science in one of the country's dark hours...
Even without motivation, however, the characters and events of "The Big Sleep" are fascinating. Bogart outwitting a thug in his own suave, self-assured manner is a good scene even when you are in the dark about what either one of them wants. And inter-play between Bogart and Bacall has not even yet lost the sheen of "To Have and Have...
...except for such items as bicycles, trains and erector sets which will still be short, U.S. moppets will have almost everything. Items: streamlined baby strollers; aluminum jeeps and station wagons; helicopters; stuffed spaniels that glow in the dark; toy sinks with running water; model kits to make prefabricated houses; dump trucks; and an electrical gun that throws pictures on the wall with each pull of the trigger. For the first time in six years, Germany will ship some $250,000 worth of music boxes, harmonicas, mohair deers, whiz-bang racing cars...
...West's She Done Him Wrong (1933-a "lightheartedly tough and amoral film"), which launched the best known of the West gags ("tall, dark and handsome"; "come up and see me some time"; "the finest lady that ever walked the streets"), has also been shelved-by request of the Hays Office...
...Dark Mirror. Suave whodunit with Olivia de Havilland and Lew Ayres (TIME...