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...night before K.'s 31st birthday, two big men in frock coats come for him. "They kept their shoulders close behind his and instead of crooking their elbows, wound their arms around his at full length, holding his hands in a methodical, practised, irresistible grip. K. walked rigidly between them. . . . 'Perhaps they are tenors,' he thought, as he studied their fat, double chins...
...other feature, "The Verdict," is taken out of that turn-of-the-century period when London was the haven of swarms of frock-coated, fog-surrounded gentlemen crooks. A combination of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Peter Lorre might be a treat for detective-story fans. As it is, "The Verdict" can boast of only the latter two, and the resultant weaknesses in the plot dilute a pair of top chiller performances. The mystery is weak, the logic strained and the outcome unfair to those connoisseurs who want their murder mysteries to be more than gory fairy tales...
Dobujinsky's Newport water colors looked like stage sets for a slow-motion ballet of ghosts in frock coats or lowcut, glittery gowns...
...year-old Dentist William Thomas Green Morton and a Journal reporter named Albert Tenney. Dr. Morton's "preparation," fed to the patient through a tube from a corked flask, was ether, disguised with aromatic essences to hide the "secret." The operation, conducted by Dr. John Collins Warren, frock-coated chief surgeon of Massachusetts General Hospital, made a profound impression on doctors and medical students in the small, gloomy amphitheater. Cried Dr. Warren: "Gentlemen, this is no humbug...
...mind simple as a daisy"). And all the rest of the Irish, great & small: the Pat O'Rourkes, Maggie Burkes, Tim Sheas, Muldoon the Solid Man, the Rose of Tralee, Dr. Michael O'Hickey, Tom Clarke, Sean T. O'Kelly in his top hat and frock coat...