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Such a bagatelle of a plot demands-and gets from Dame Sybil and Sir Laurence-high acting to fetch high comedy. From Marilyn it gets a spasmodic effort to conquer the awesome heights. Her most persuasive line is just plain "Gosh!"-but it is never clear whether she is overwhelmed by the dictates of the script or the awesome dramatic company she is keeping. Parading and posing with an even more voluptuous silhouette than most 1911 showgirls had, Marilyn is alternately spirited and lethargic. Especially in her tussling with Olivier, she seems more directed by him than acting with...
...pressures in Moscow. If a friend in need asks for help, Picasso can manufacture money simply by sketching a few lines on the back of a menu and adding his dramatic signature. His vintage works (Blue, Rose, and early Cubist periods) bring prices over $100,000; his latest oils fetch up to $35,000. Even the figures he absently kneads out of bread and leaves on restaurant tables are saved as potential collectors' items...
Webster asked Littlefield to do another errand the next day, to go over to the hospital and fetch a pint or so of blood for an experiment. This was a strange request, Littlefield thought, for the professor had never previously needed blood in his experiments. It was not the first strange request Webster had made of him that week. On Monday he had asked several questions about the construction of the vaults under the building, where remains from the dissecting rooms were placed. He wanted to know how the river-tide got into the vaults, or whether it was possible...
...might be going mad. 'Excuse me, Madam, but you can't dismiss me. I only take notice from Major Kinryce.' Her cold eyes in her haggard face fixed him fearfully. 'I shot him just now with his old service pistol . . . You must go and fetch me a policeman...
...give us the treatment we expect," announced one of them to a high U.S. official, "you're out. We'll take care of you when we get back to Washington." At one point, Investigator Johnson cabled then-SHAPE Commander General Alfred Gruenther, demanded an airplane to fetch them for delivery at their next stop. The general declined, but another time, in Italy, the women conned the Air Force out of a plane for their...