Word: gardners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What saves the film from the commonplace is an original juxtaposition of the human and non-human animals. Under John Ford's skillful direction, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner and Grace Kelley shuck their human veneer and slip into the animal world which surrounds them. The passions which rage within this triangle are not civilized; they are elemental lusts common to all creatures. Driven by them, Gable becomes leonine, while Misses Gardner and Kelley are strictly feline...
...about an hour this three-way carnality is fairly absorbing stuff. Then as the inevitable safari winds its tortuous way through the second half it begins to get tiresome. Gardner and Gable are equipped with a set of stock grimaces and gestures which they manage to pass off as acting for a while. But when these wear out not even Ford's direction can help the picture. The most exciting characters in the second half of the picture are a group of screaming, chest-pounding buck gorillas...
...Gardner: "We looked into that...
...Gardner: "It has produced excellent results...
...Gardner: "Copies of the reports were provided to your committee. I was pleased to see that the results of that work were really fine...