Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though this is a film that should draw a guffaw or two from all but the most sedate, the humor all too frequently descends to either the crudest of slapstick or aged witticisms of the "who was that lady I saw you with last night" ilk. But Hope seems to have the uncanny ability of wringing a smile of some sort out of the Himsiest of material, by means of a sidelong leer, a sucer, or a facial contortion. And it's pleasant to see Hollywood give one of its standard plot formulas a genuine kidding for a change. They...
...attempt to simplify Toynbee's theory can communicate the scope of his historic purpose, the flexibility (amounting to wariness) of his cautious, scholarly mind, the grasp of his erudition, the profusion of historical comparison, contrast, allusion and quiet humor with which he weaves and vivifies his argument. Nevertheless, even grossly simplified, his main design, as on the reverse of a great tapestry, comes through...
...Shulman type of humor, relying upon the wittiest of word play rather than comic situations, is much less at home upon the stage than upon the printed page. But a fair number of recognizable bon mots still remain, together with sketchy outlines of the plot, such as it is. And with some very pleasant music and some clever lyrics by a couple of freshmen in the musical comedy business, named Sidney Lippman and Sylvia Dee, and most especially with Nancy Walker in the cast, the book becomes a secondary matter. It's built around a sharply-pointed parody...
Died. Dr. George Madison Priest, 74, bearded, longtime (46 years) member of Princeton's faculty, professor emeritus of Germanic languages and literature, noted translator (Goethe's Faust); in Princeton. Known to generations of Princeton undergraduates for his nickname ("Judas Priest"), his gentle good humor and his rumpled tweeds, he was one of the original preceptors (tutors) appointed by Woodrow Wilson...
...relaxing and aggressively whimsical. Adapted from a sweet little Robert Nathan novel (The Enchanted Voyage), it is an almost overpoweringly sweet little movie. It shows how a peculiar old man (Clem Bevans) and a pair of young lovers (John Payne and June Haver) put themselves to enormous trouble to humor a daydreaming child (Connie Marshall...