Word: denly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bright idea for semirealistic comedy that could be human and likable as well as ludicrous, Snafu bounces instead into slapdash farce. Character is crushed and credibility outraged in a hurly-burly of ringing phones, trussed-up detectives, sud den disappearances and mistaken identity. Nor is there enough merriment in such madness. Some of Snafu's gags are funny and one or two of its scenes are fun; but too much of it is rambling, rickety and pretty desperately contrived...
...notion. He cited the cases of two famous physicians-Sir James Mackenzie, "the father of modern cardiology" (1853-1925), and John Hunter (1728-93)-who lived strenuously for many years with serious heart diseases. He mentioned also the angina pectoris patient of the famed 18th-Century physician, William Heber-den, "who set himself the task of sawing wood for half an hour every day and was nearly cured...
...Mask of Dimitrios (Warners). When Cornelius Latimer Ley den (Peter Lorre), a writer of detective thrillers, first saw Dimitrios Makropoulos (Zachary Scott), Dimitrios lay murdered on a slab in the Istanbul morgue (see cut). Scenting a story, Leyden decided to case Dimitrios' history...
...Argentine officers answered this description. But the idea spread, quickly crystallized into the GOU, an amorphous organization of officers below the rank of general. The letters mean Grupo de Oficiales Unidos (Group of United Officers), later idealized into Gobierno, Or den, Uni-dad (Government, Order, Unity). When the military revolution of June 4, 1943 knocked unpopular President Ramon Castillo out of power, the GOU took charge. It has since split up into factions. But Colonel Perón's influence with some of these groups is still the basis of his power...
...went to Berlin. The streets were putrid with uncollected garbage. Unter den Linden was cluttered with war cripples who hobbled along as best they could, made imploring gestures, or "crouched against the cold, damp walls as though ashamed for the stranger to see their distorted leg and arm stumps, their dead eyes, or their faces scarred almost beyond recognition. . . ." The Germans were savage. They spat whenever the name of Matthias Erzberger, who signed the Armistice, was mentioned...