Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Humor. "Humor is, in fact, a prelude to faith; and laughter is the beginning of prayer. . . . The intimate relation between humor and faith is derived from the fact that both deal with the incongruities of our existence.. . . Laughter is ... not only the vestibule of the temple of confession but the no-man's-land between cynicism and contrition...
...might be argued that the cinematic version of the Globe contains inaccuracies of construction, this taste of the full flavor of the Elizabethan stage, of the intimacy of contact between the actors and the audience, the roll of the eye and the spoken aside followed by a howl of laughter, makes this first part of the picture in its way the most delightful...
...uncontrolled laughter ended in a hysterical shriek...
...opera-or Michelangelo. When Ivan's enemies mugged fear, Frenchmen cheerfully shouted: "Cowards!" When the sound track jammed as Ivan received a chess set from Queen Elizabeth, someone in the balcony yelped: "Speech!" In the long scene where Ivan almost dies, the theater rustled with smothered laughter and one strident voice speared up from the dark: "Alors, mon vieux, kick the bucket and we'll all go home...
Then Mrs. Gait appeared. "She's a looker," said the presidential doorkeeper. "He's a goner," said the presidential valet. Sometimes as the Colonel dutifully trailed the lovers on their walks, they would glance back at him, "she with the frank laughter of a woman who is enjoying the predicament of both men. She was having a wonderful time...