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Millions of U.S. moviegoers have seen the $6,500,000 epic Quo Vadis. In the 15 months since its release, the Technicolored spectacle of pagan Rome has become the third biggest grosser*-$10,500,000-in movie history...
...National Board of Review picked a mixed bouquet: The Quiet Man (No. 12 on Variety'?, list of top grossers), High Noon, Limelight, Five Fingers (No. 86), The Snows of Kilimanjaro, The Thief (No. 114), The Bad and the Beautiful, Singin' in the Rain, Above and Beyond, My Son John (a poor grosser, unlisted...
Puff explains the grosser absurdities of his play to Sneer, played only adequately by Thayer David, stating quite simply: "It's a rule!" Indeed the rules seem to apply quite aptly to the ordinary drama, though not to Sheridan. For "The Critic" sweeps through a duel, a reenactment of the British fleet subduing the Spanish Armada, and a scene in which Nancy Marchand goes mad with her "confidante" Jan Farrand mimicking her exquisitely. In a grand boffola ending Brittania is lowered from the ceiling by a block and tackle. Andrew E. Norman
...Horse Thieves" & Bounties. In the House the fight was closer, the debate more fiery. When the bill was called up, Michigan's Democrat John Dingell rose to the attack. "Horse thieves have been hanged for lesser crimes," he shouted. Cried Ohio's Democrat Robert Grosser: "The bounty of the Creator is being grabbed for a privileged...
Indeed, the grosser the gore, the higher the moral standards. One sketch, showing a sprawling lady with her dripping throat slit from ear to ear, was indignantly rejected because her skirt was rucked up above one knee. And, from the start, profanity was simply not tolerated. When the eaters of Sweeney Todd's delicious pies were told that their mouths were full of human flesh, they delicately exclaimed: "Good gracious! . . . Confound...