Word: denouement
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...giant loudspeakers. He then proceeded to read several letters written by far-sighted alumni in 1836 to be read at the 1936 Tercentenary. President Quincy, it turned out, had neglected to seal them up before 1843. An unnamed Philadelphia graduate had been willing to wait a century for the denouement of a crabbed jest when he wrote: ''I owe nothing to the president, professors and tutors of Harvard College in office from 1810 to 1814." Of larger interest was a note from Samuel Atkins Eliot, later Harvard's treasurer, apologizing for delay in some Bicentenary task because...
...like an open-&-shut case against Sir Gregory and his pals, especially when he pleaded guilty to the charge of drug-smuggling. At the crucial moment, however, he showed that he was not a professor for nothing. Sensation in court; defendants dismissed with thanks. Oppenheimers will chuckle at this denouement ; non-Oppenheimers may slam the book shut, muttering that The Magnificent Hoax is well and truly named...
...Eyes, Desire, Florida Special). It is mounted with atmospheric travel shots, big blue & white sundecks, the usual competent Michael performance. Sample line, by Sir Guy Standing: "I have reached the age of wisdom, when a pretty woman is no more than the setting for the emerald at her throat." Denouement: the jewels planted on Bernard by Dawson...
...exhibition of a police newsreel of traffic smashups. When her alcoholic brother Jackie (Tom Brown) smashes into a school bus, killing the young son of the cop who arrested her for speeding, she takes the blame and goes to jail for murder in the second degree. The denouement consists of Knox's successful efforts to force Jackie to admit his guilt. None of the crash scenes are stock shots. All were made by professional stunt people, strapped in the seats of the cars they wrecked...
...dazzling flash the whole panorama shifts, and these characters assume their new roles in the gang. Immediately preparations build up for the denouement, an outcome that can be predicted in general import, but that leaves an exhilarating suspense as to details. A final charming touch occurs when the pretty bait, bared in her shame and led off by the police, swears that she never liked any guy as much as Calvin Miller...