Word: dullness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...script is marvelously clever without being even dull although the real interest of the film lies in its really top-notch acting. The art of lampooning without bitterness, cruelty or overstatement seems to be a peculiarly British talent and The Man in the White Suit is a good case in point...
...those students who have whiled away incredibly dull hours dishing out University food, stacking books, or cleaning rooms, the establishment of Harvard Student Agencies, Inc. should come as a major blessing. The Agency promises to expand not only the quantity of student employment at the University, but to give an incentive to original, and perhaps more interesting forms of lucrative endeavor...
After the high drama of Suez and Hungary, which dominated the Eleventh General Assembly of the United Nations, delegates to the Twelfth General Assembly gathered in Manhattan last week, willing to be more prosaic. "Frankly," said one Western diplomat, "we hope this is going to be a dull, dreary and fast session...
...columns a week plus his syndicated name-droppings, Miller teetotals through the nightspots until 4 a.m. On dull nights he prowls for crime stories, Winchell-fashion, in a black 1957 Chrysler equipped with three short-wave radios. By 5 a.m. he goes home for supper with his wife, a onetime singer named Cindy Stoker, sleeps for an average of four hours, then bangs out one of his columns...
Beneath all the froth is a superb, incisive character study of the two men. Bourvil's slow mind can concentrate only on moving the meat. But to Gabin, a famous artist mistaken by his dull-witted companion for a house painter, the meat is an abstraction, a philosophical means of testing the cowardice of his countrymen and the wits of his enemies. After slipping their burden past one more peril, Gabin roars with immense self-appreciation: "This pig's making a genius out of me!" He unsuccessfully tries to persuade Bourvil to hijack their load...