Word: focuses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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PROCESSIONAL−Murder and rape out of focus−expressionism by the Theatre Guild...
...still depends, as it always has, on cooperation for preservation; and unless public opinion finds solutions for such problems, this civilization must go the way of its predecessors. It is only to be hoped that this conference--a seeming failure--may prove to have been the lens that will focus the energy of the world's conscience on a problem of disgracefully prolonged existence...
...years ago, when he was at the pinnacle of his fame? leading the American League in batting, in base-running, voted its most valuable player?he took influenza, developed sinus trouble, underwent an operation. His sight was somewhat affected. His right and left eyes ceased to focus evenly; their beams, which should have been parallel, wellnigh met. Thus he came near to being crossed in his career by his own eyes. His batting average of .420 in 1922 sank to .305 in 1924. Now he sees perfectly again, he says. Will he, fans wonder, regain his former prowess? Sisler...
...Magnolia Lady. Ruth Chatterton is not a good musical comedienne. She sings only mildly and dances doubtfully. Her charm is forced a trifle out of focus by the unfamiliar medium and her emotional accomplishments are not required. Her experiment behind an orchestra is therefore declared an error...
...subtlety and character study are impossible on the screen. The play of character between a cultured lightweight (female) and a six-day bicycle-rider, and between the lightweight's husband and the rider's street girl is unsatisfying because their faces, not their wits, are in the focus. The scenes are at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris during the closing hours of a six-day bicycle race. Adolphe Menjou, Jetta Goudal and Raymond Griffith offer three of the best performances ever concentrated in one film...