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Appointment with Danger (Paramount) is the same rendezvous Alan Ladd has been keeping for years as a stoic man of action whose natural habitat is a daydream by Walter Mitty. But this time tight plotting, realistic backgrounds and good casting take much of the curse off the part of the synthetic tough guy who has made dangerous living into a comfortable livelihood for Actor Ladd...
After seven weeks of studying the peculiar Washington species known as influence-peddlers, the Senate Investigating subcommittee had discovered some distinctive markings and characteristics. The finest specimens claim Missouri as their habitat, have at least a nodding acquaintance with Harry Truman, a much chummier relationship with his aides and advisers, and can buzz in & out of the White House at will. They also have a great fondness for crisp currency...
...audience, Walt Disney stoutly insisted that it was only "exploitation" for his forthcoming Alice in Wonderland movie. Perhaps to soothe his TV-frightened movie distributors, Disney professed to see no television future for his great backlog of cartoon films. Said he: "I think the movies are still my natural habitat. The detail we put in our pictures, you just can't get out on TV. I propose to use the medium only to enhance theatrical revenues...
...Treat boys as boys. "Students in minor [largely high-school level] seminaries are adolescents separated from their natural habitat: the family. Hence it is necessary that their life be as much as possible a boy's normal life...
Everyone can recognize the show-off. He is found in clusters, and his natural habitat is the college campus. He enjoys the raccoon coat, the letter sweater, and the old rat-eaten loafers. A battered hat usually adorns his head, and his tie is better hidden than displayed, as it either depicts lewd scenes, or squirts water at unlucky admirers...