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...failure of these hastily-sketched characterizations might be permissable if the central figure, played by William Holden, had any depth or truth in him. But MGM's conception of a youthful engineer who doubles as vice-president in charge of research is more embarrassing than inspiring more Hollywoodish than Ciro's. Everything that the movie does to make Holden the hero produces the opposite reaction. His nuzzling wife (June Allyson) is sickening in her devotion, and his slimy son is repugnant in his Little League uniform...
...almost twice what they wagered on opening day last year) through the betting machines. In Chicago, a meager 13,673 turned up at Sportsman's Park, wagered an average $50 (against $37 on the same day last year). Other tracks joining the pony parade: ¶ Race-hungry Hollywoodish Santa Anita had planned to open up the day after the ban was lifted, found trouble getting help to man the mutuel windows and hot-dog stands, settled for an unceremonious start on V-E day plus seven. ¶ Non-profit-making Keeneland will usher in Kentucky's season. Colonel...
...Germans' Hollywoodish Balkan empire was collapsing like a papier...
From the competence of its camera work (much of it done in photo-effective Arizona sunlight) to the glossiness of its overall atmosphere (redolent of slick-paper magazine fiction), this picture is as Hollywoodish as it well could be. Once again, a packaging job of high sheen fails to conceal the fact that there is very little product inside. Worst error: Akim Tamiroffs irrelevant overacting of the part of an Egyptian hotelkeeper...
...slant on the old hick-meets-city-girl situation. This version has Gary Cooper as a musty grammarian who goes to the masses in search of live vernacular. Inevitably, he meets Barbara Stanwyck, who is a night-club warbler with Gene Krupa's orchestra. She talks a Hollywoodish brand of slang that will leave even the boys from Lindy's open-mouthed...