Word: heroisms
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...Miniver" taught us about our British allies; "North Star" showed us the life of the Russians; and now "Dragon Seed" gives a highly effective presentation of the heroism of the Chinese people...
Wilbert Winkle, having demonstrated budding heroism by breaking out of his bank cage and starting a fix-it shop in his garage, can be counted on by experienced movie-goers to bloom properly when transplanted from Benton, Calif, to the South Pacific. He does, by wiping out a machine-gun nest with a bulldozer, and comes home a hero even to his wife. Mr. Winkle has its moving moments, but the total effect is about as convincing as if professional tough guy Edward G. Robinson were to play the part of the mild little bank clerk-which he does...
Expertly sandwiched between the pratfalls and the broad pie-throwing burlesque of suburban manners lies a richer comedy idea-the alchemy by which a phoney hero is transmuted from the base metal of conventional heroics to the pure gold of true heroism...
...Canterville birthmark was discovered on the neck of a U.S. soldier (Robert Young) billeted at Canterville Castle. When the ghost and little Lady Jessica (Margaret O'Brien) told him that his heroism must lay the Canterville ghost, G.I. Young was scared to death. But in the long run he proved himself a red-blooded American...
International music circles, remembering Strauss's huge international royalties in the past, knowing him for a highly practical artist, were inclined to discount the heroism in his stubbornness. On the other hand, it was quite conceivable that the 80-year-old composer might have balked at riding the few remaining miles to music's Valhalla aboard the Nazi bandwagon...