Word: hollywoodized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hollywood always hopes for-but has never made-a picture that wows each & every one of its 90 million potential customers...
...gifted Director Roberto Rossellini. To Hearst's Manhattan Gossipist Cholly Knickerbocker, Lawyer McDonald confided that Ingrid's husband, Dr. Peter Lindstrom, was a strong, masterful man, to whom she had always given obedience and respect, but never true love. But when chubby, balding Director Rossellini came to Hollywood with a movie in mind, Ingrid was thrilled at the very idea of working for him. It was not until he met her at the plane in Rome that she "realized it was Roberto, the man, who had inspired her . . ." Now she did not intend to return...
...Most annoying is a Winchell rumor that he is using his home-run cash to buy gold trinkets for Monica Lewis, radio's "Chiquita Banana" girl. He flatly denies the gift angle; he just has dates with her, as he does with Dancer Betty Bruce and Hollywood Starlet Peggy Nilsson. At week's end, the chief buccaneer of the Pirates was too busy trying to hit home run No. 53 (which he got against the Cincinnati Reds) to worry about romance. He was also scrambling to protect the runs-batted-in lead (125 so far) that he took...
...Hollywood can claim no credit for the shattering magnificence of the combat scenes in Task Force. But for the sharp-eyed selection, and the patient cutting and pasting which brings history roaring back into vivid, living focus, it can claim a knockout...
...homicidal maniac, the technical Hollywood name for someone who kills people, Cagney is pleasantly unconvincing. As a story of criminals and what makes them tick, "White Heat" is more so. But for classical cigarette-in-the-corner-of-the-mouth action, the movie is the best in a long, long time...