Word: hoffmans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...boring. But a few enjoyed the subtle, tragicomic ironies germinated by Chaplin's powers of intuition, of pure feeling, and of observation. The set pieces of pure slapstick are as skilled and delightful, and as psychologically penetrating, as any Chaplin has ever contrived. The casting (including Victim Margaret .Hoffman) is excellent and there are a couple of dozen fine pieces of characterization and acting, notably by Isobel Elsom and Martha Raye. Working with a new character, and adapting his old, mute artfulness to a medium new and basically hostile to him, Chaplin still has his sure virtuosity...
Good Cheer. From smart Paul Gray Hoffman, president of Studebaker Corp. and chairman of the Committee for Economic Development, came reassuring words. He doubted that "the best advertised recession in the history of the world" would materialize. If it did, Hoffman predicted, it would not be of great depth or duration...
...White Paper deepened Britain's gloom. The Crisis was bad enough; the future as outlined by the Government's report was described by the London Times as the "most disturbing statement ever made by a British government." The New York Times's Michael L. Hoffman went further. He wrote...
...conference rooms of Pittsburgh's William Penn Hotel last week, the Council brought together veteran representatives of management & labor-Movie Czar Eric Johnston, President Paul G. Hoffman of the Studebaker Corp., C.I.O. Research Director Kermit Eby, A.F.L. Research Director Boris Shishkin. Altogether, some 370 delegates-about two-thirds laymen -representing 27 Protestant denominations showed up at the conference...
Aggressive St. Paul's ice men eked out a 6 to 4 conquest over the Crimson Saturday, at Concord, as Hoffman and Gardiner of the winners led the field with two tallies each...