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...struggles for power, Estes Kefauver withdrew in the name of "unity." While they approve of moderation, most good Democrats hunger for that old spirit-for the man who, in the convention's last moments, can soar through and above the electronic gadgets, the political gimmicks and the leaden harmony. They need a man who can revive the party's fighting spirit and send the delegates away from the convention believing that their party will win against all of Dr. Gallup's odds.* They have picked Harry Truman...
Anything Goes (Paramount), as far as most moviegoers are concerned, so long as Bing Crosby is in it. For The Groaner's golden anniversary in films (this is his 50th picture) his studio could supply the public with nothing better than this leaden souvenir, but it will probably keep the turnstiles squeaking...
...Columba and the River details how a quirk of hydrodynamics blows a sand hog unharmed from a collapsing tunnel to the surface of a river. With leaden humor, Dreiser jeers at the man's belief that the saints had preserved...
They love the leaden bullet better
Occasionally, The Purification's copious imagery and symbolism become almost unmanageable, and its full-blown phrases tend to give the actors every appearance of being carried away by the sheer beauty of their own performances. Yet the Workshop's players skip over the more leaden passages with a minimum of difficulty. Hal scott, as the Son, is the most outstanding member of the cast, although too often he chokes dramatically at the end of climactic lines. Don Richards, as The Rancher, and Mary Anne Goldsmith, as the Indian girl Luisa, provide competent support...