Word: flickered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...censor shears went flicker-flack...
They made K. lie down against a rock. Then one of them drew out "a long, thin, double-edged butcher's knife, held it up and tested the cutting edge in the moonlight. . . . With a flicker as of a light going up, the casements of a window [in the house] suddenly flew open; a human figure, faint and insubstantial, at that distance and at that height, leaned abruptly far forward and stretched both arms still farther. Who was it? A friend? A good man? Someone who sympathized? Someone who wanted to help? . . . Was help at hand? . . . Where...
...ring's remark at Nürnberg that Hoess could not possibly have taken 2,000,000 lives, the exterminator sputtered: "That shows how little he knows about how we worked. Why, I could have done twice as much." Hoess's beady eyes did not flicker as the sentence was read. It was death, by hanging. He got a few days of reprieve. Polish law forbids execution, even of such as Hoess, during Holy Week...
...Dark the Night" is a flicker of another shade. Though the story of a detective caught in his own investigation is pretty pale tea, the mixture becomes pretty potent with the addition of really breathtaking photography. With a choice of angles and backgrounds that highlight the action and delineate the story-line, the photographer has shown the good sense to stand where it matters most and has turned a French countryside stereotype into a visual delight. The second feature has finally had its come-uppance...
...Time, etc," embraces exactly the elements you invariably have to endure in these epic events from the California flicker factory the Broadway musical show produced on a shoestring, the leading lady stepping into and out of her big role, the in genus who was weaned on opera, the "name" orchestra leader who can't act. S. E. Sakall, the "show must go on" routine, and the rest of the standard attractions done in the standard manner. You must have seen it all a couple of times, at least...