Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...these objections are nothing against the impact of the total show. There is so much beauty in "South Pacific," so much humor, so many convincing characters, so many honest scenes, and such a solid story, that even if it isn't perfect, it seems to be. You can poke around and find faults easily enough; but the show affects you so that you don't feel like doing it. In other words, "South Pacific" adds up to a great evening in the theater...
Bendix plays a morose, bumbleheaded factory hand with a careful blend of "bathos, confusion and corny humor. His enemy is his landlady (Beulah Bondi); his daughter is being courted by the boss's son and the landlady's nephew; his old pals (including Jimmy Gleason) scorn him when he gets to be an executive, but welcome him back to the fold when it turns out that his daughter won't marry the boss's son after all. Even a character named "Digger" O'Dell, an undertaker with a morgue full of morbid jokes...
...Always Swore . . ." The armistice agreement was in large part due to the immense ability, patience, tact and unflagging good humor of Ralph Bunche, Negro social scientist (A.B., University of California at Los Angeles; Ph.D., Harvard) who had taken over the role of martyred Count Folke Bernadotte. Several times during the seven weeks of negotiations, agreement had seemed hopeless. Each time Dr. Bunche had thought of something to keep the talks alive. By last week, the negotiators on both sides had come to regard him as a new colossus of Rhodes...
...British director, Compton Bennett (The Seventh Veil), a charming, able British star, Miss Calvert, and some competent British supporting players. The result is nonetheless a poor counterfeit of the genuine product. My Own True Love lacks the virtues of the best British movies (subtle human detail, glints of gentle humor, authentic backgrounds), but it has the faults of being talky, stodgy and intolerably slow...
...plot, which revolves around the really worn-out pregnancy motif and the First Sergeant's schemes to get transferred overseas, is fortunately incidental. The main humor is in the minor incidents, such as the colonel's inspection of the orderly room, and the men's desperate stampede to get under cover at 5:15 to avoid having to salute as the flag is lowered...