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...Safe Faces. Such restrictions limit stories almost entirely to three types: 1) a wife's (or husband's, or sister's, or laundress') eye view of how the popular favorite "really lives"; 2) the shopgirl-to-star Cinderella story; 3) discreet gossip-usually handled (for up to $1,000 a story) by Hedda Hopper, Louella Parsons, Sidney Skolsky or some other expert big enough to flout studio censorship...
...them, Lieut. Alex Laurent, who had been wounded and decorated in Russia, came bounding up to the group, and shoved Duclos aside, saying, "You're too little, I won't bother with you." Then Laurent measured burly Maurice Thorez. "Your patriotism," he said, "was too discreet for my taste, anyhow." Thereupon he punched Thorez, who went down...
...around to "The Treasure of Sierra Madre." Besides the three main characters, there is the wonderful portrayal of the child-like but evil Indian chief. There is also the excellent photography of the mountainous Mexican country and the extraordinary dramatic effects that are occasionally obtained merely through the discreet use of the camera. But John Huston, who wrote the screen play and directed, should be the chief recipient of the orchids. The story moves speedily through a number of relevant incidents that contribute to the dramatic tension and to the release that comes when the gold is finally lost. Through...
...Shawnessy's life is presented on several planes. On one, the gentle and discreet Mr. Shawnessy is also the adventurous mr. shawnessy, a creature of the unconscious with its fantasies and desires. On another his life is the life of the Republic whose Independence Day festivities he attends. On still a third plane Mr. Shawnessy's life is the Life of Man, of the mythical hero remembering a lost Eden, seeking a Golden Bough...
...does practically everything an unwilling aspirant can do, except milk a cow. In Virginia he uses a mushmouf accent; in Texas he lines it with rawhide. In a union hall, wearing a miner's cap, he shouts for an eight-day wage, a two-day week; at a discreet banquet for bankers, he whispers for a two-day wage, an eight-day week. Elsewhere, discussing the problems of inflation and deflation, he takes his stand fearlessly, without compromise, "For Flation." He also picks up an honorary Ph.D. from the Edgar L. Eubanks College of Animal Husbandry and Modern Fertilizing...