Word: humphrey
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Durenburger's candor isn't likely to win him many points at home, where he faces a tough challenge in 1988 from State Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III, the legend's son. Courting the Jewish vote could not have been a strong motivation for a senator, whose constituency of 4.1 million counts only 35,000 Jews...
...ebullient Kemp, a conservative mirror image of Hubert Humphrey, loves to talk. When he is minutes into a speech, his head bobs back and forth, as if straining against a too-tight collar and tiepin. He plants his feet far apart and unfurls his arms, flexing his fingers to pantomime an expression like "quote, unquote." He speaks so quickly, using so many facts and historical allusions, that he often fails to engage his audience. His aides have given him a digital stopwatch to remind him to keep it short...
Also dealing indirectly with war but far less blunt is Casablanca (Brattle Theater). Probably the most famous film of all time, Casablanca actually has an illogical and melodramatic plot, centering around a cynical American (Humphrey Bogart) who runs into an old flame (Ingrid Bergman) from his days in Paris. Under the influence of the striking young woman, Rick progresses from a selfish and apolitical bar-owner to a member of the French resistance against the Nazis. Though lacking the chemistry of Bogart and Bacall, Bogie and Bergman turn this rickety plot into a timeless film about sacrificing personal interest...
...regular cast members impersonate Professor Kingsfield and Martin Short's nerdy Ed Grimley character (they figure out whether $250 will be enough to buy all the lawbooks needed). The Samurai Mathematician (with bows to John Belushi) hacks boards into halves, thirds and fourths for a lesson in fractions. Humphrey Bogus and Bergrid Ingman star in an "edited for television" movie, Cartablanca; at the end of this version, "Nick" decides to leave on the plane, but calculations show that his 223-lb. frame will put the cargo over the weight limit. There are MTV-style music videos, a game show called...
...great storytelling and great acting, this week's finest offering is the 1951 John Huston classic, The African Queen (Winthrop House, Harvard). Screen legend and Dewitt look-alike Humphrey Bogart turns in an Oscar-winning performance as a drunken riverboat captain forced to reckon with the virtue of a beautiful missionary, played by Katherine Hepburn. Shot mostly on location in the Dark Continent, The African Queen proves that, in the hands of a superb director, the simplest plots can become high entertainment...