Word: donators
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strictly a gamble with the weather man. If snow doesn't come to New England during the next two weeks the best bet appears to be Canada's Laurentians, north of Montreal. There is already a cover of about 14 to 18 inches on both Mont Tremblant and St. Donat and the lifts have been running for several weeks...
...offstage. In the play, the impossibly haughty barrister who wins the case was a rich treat of tasteful theatrical ham. But the grand-mannered role is so patently written to be played across footlights that, before the lifelike intimacy of the camera, even a technically flawless performance by Robert Donat fails to inspire belief. Usually an adept dramatic craftsman, Scripter Rattigan also runs up a debt to his audience that he never pays. The Winslow boy is finally cleared, but the movie fails to clear up the mystery of how such a volume of seemingly damning evidence came...
...solemnly repeats the phrase at some time or other to make sure that the point of the picture is never in doubt. Second, several scenes inside the House of Commons and in court were added to the original Winslow home setting: both for variety and so that Robert Donat might fully develop his barrister role...
...Donat heads an exceptional English cast. As Sir Robert Morton, he plays the part of a famous English lawyer who sacrifices a high official appointment to publicize and petition the Winslow case against the Admiralty. His heartless questioning of the boy to discover guilt or innocence, his address in Commons denouncing the Admiralty, and his court-room defense are so convincing that they become the three high points of the movie...