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...sorts of ways. Melville's words suffer somewhat from the drawling, rather lazy articulation that the Captain gives them. There is also a certain loss of credibility, since Peck's businesslike exhortations to the crew could not conceivably move them to the state of excitement that director John Huston has them exhibit. More important, the movie's phlegmatic Ahab could never, never be the magnetic, crazed, God-challenging hero of Melville's book--the character on whom the essence of the novel's supernatural, symbolical, and philosophical meaning is based. With Peck as Ahab, Moby Dick becomes just another fish...
...still one of the best sea tales ever written. Huston's movie may fail to capture the story's deepest meaning, but it does an admirable job of recreating Moby Dick both as a thrilling adventure story and as a portrayal of the whaling industry...
...That Blonde? A friend got her the big break: a chance to play the shyster's house pet in John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle. In this tidbit part, she was an instant sensation. Letters came in by the sackful. All asked the same question: "Who's that blonde?" Fox grabbed her back for $500 a week, raised her to $750 a week. She was on her way to the top-when suddenly the bottom fell...
...criticized the Court, however, for not thinking about the layman's reaction to its brief orders. "If they would take pains to clarify the significance of some of them," Huston said, "there would be a great deal fewer mistakes...
Freund felt, however, that this week's mix-up illustrated the need for specially-trained legal reporters, like music critics. Huston disagreed...