Word: deadpan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Back in London once more to visit the House of Commons, where he sat deadpan in the "Distinguished Strangers' Gallery," the Russian confessed: "Wherever I was, I saw only friendly faces, and I constantly felt surrounded by friends...
...ending precisely at 60 seconds. Best spoof of all was the "mistake" dance: one girl or another always managed to have arms up when the rest had them down or to be facing the audience when the rest were faced about, etc.-old stuff, but done with a deadpan zip that had the real audience howling. Just about half an hour after it began, The Concert drew to a close as the dream characters rushed for the wings and the original group of concert listeners dashed on and assumed their original poses in time for the last note...
...Olivier (deadpan to the emboldened lensmen): "No leg pictures of Miss Monroe, boys. From now on, she's too ethereal...
...blood, and Elizabeth Scott, it is impossible to take the movie seriously. This is not a flaw, since Dead Reckoning is a great if unintentional comedy. Most of the humor comes from double meanings and the ensuing snickers from the audience. The snickers become howls when Bogart gives his deadpan comments on ludicrous situations. (After an all-encompassing embrace with Lizabeth Scott he notes, "I hate every inch of her." And he should know...
...President Eisenhower's delight, the deadpan face of Glenn Stephens, who was the engineer on Ike's 1952 campaign train, flashed, onto the screen from Detroit. Stumbling in several places, Stephens read his lines woodenly-and still managed to sound as though he meant every word of what he was saying. "If you want to go train-riding again," said Stephens, "just let me know. I have my hand on the throttle, my lunchbox is full, and I'm ready to start...