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...latest in a long string of British little-boy movies is here. "The Magnet" is just as heart-warming as the rest, and a good deal funnier. This time the film doesn't try to show, through a small boy's eyes, the adult world; it is content to show the small boy's world...
...most obtusely the story of the Berlin airlift. It is a long pull, is my decision, for both audience and airmen. Briefly, this movie offers no surprises, tension, credible characters, credible plot, or creditable photography--only, in fact, a few nervous laughs drawn from the lines of the usually funnier Paul Douglas...
Fred Gwynne's only contribution to the issue is the fine cover, and the cartoons are far below the quality of those in recent issues. With the exception of a small poke at the Phillips Brooks House clothes drive, none of them merited reprinting. Certainly there have been some funnier attempts from the 'Poon's drawing boards in the past than this collection indicates...
Funny as it is, the movie would be funnier if the scripters had not overworked their incidental gags at the expense of the best one: Kaye never really gets a chance to exploit the comic notion of the tramp who feels his oats as a big shot. The trouble may be that the picture tries too hard to keep Kaye sympathetic...
...ingredients were familiar: Morgan burlesquing high-flown documentaries; Morgan being badgered by bustling stooges. Biggest surprise was Morgan's respectful treatment of his sponsor and his super-generous mention (96 times) of the sponsor's name and products. As a reformed bad boy, Morgan is not necessarily funnier than before, but he might last longer...