Word: defectiveness
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...husband, fond lover or murderer. Perhaps it was just the old difficulty of transferring a novel to film, the necessity (recognized as unfortunate by the producers themselves) of telling the story backwards. None of these faults was fatal in itself, but all contributed to the film's serious defect. Though All This and Heaven Too had practically everything a big picture could have, it lacked one thing no picture big or little can do without-spontaneous life...
...defect in imagination was one of the first faults the St. John's planners noticed in the students, and to correct it they have encouraged dramatics music, and the reading of poetry. They feel this should supplement the "sharp and orderly thinking" provided by their disciplines...
...obvious that "Little Old New York" is fact with a hypo of romanticism in the hands of several west coast writers, but substantial acting and careful attention to scenery counteract this defect. The good ship "Clermont" looks as if it might have been built to the original plans, and Hollywood shows years of experience in reproducing the saloons and docks of New York of every age. Alice Faye feels right at home in her own tavern, having at last become an owner. Her thwarted love for Fulton descends upon Fred MacMurray, an uninspired but satisfactory waterfront bum who turns into...
...result of a recent investigation into the defect of previous nominations and elections, entirely new methods are being employed this year. Post card ballots will replace the ballot boxes of previous years...
...main defect of The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex is that it is not tragic. Until the very end, Elizabeth's insistence that Essex can save his head merely by sending back her ring makes the drama seem as unreal as a schoolgirl's tiff, the decapitation just a bit of a royal whimsey. Partly this is due to Author Anderson's original conception, partly to the neurotic bounce with which Cinemactress Davis scratches, claws, snarls and romps her way through the repetitious love scenes, mopes and moons through her my-manic depressions...