Word: macdonald
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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HENRY WALLACE (187 pp. - Dwighf Macdonald-Yanguard...
...political activities of Henry Wallace frighten the Democratic bosses, delight the Republicans, and frequently puzzle both. To Author Dwight Macdonald they are the natural antics of a split persornality who has gained a confused following by making a cult of confusion. Macdonald's subtitle is The Man and the Myth, and of the two he finds the myth more interesting and more important...
...Morgan (Jeanette MacDonald, back on the screen after six years' absence) is a divorcee who sings and falls in love with Jose Iturbi (played, with superb assurance, by Jose Iturbi). Jeanette's three little girls (Jane Powell, Ann E. Todd, Mary Eleanor Donohue), who still idealize their father, oppose the marriage. Everybody is fairly stupid about trying to resolve the trouble, but everybody means awfully well. Also, everybody bursts into song or sits down at the piano with little or no provocation...
...Miss MacDonald's voice sounds richer than ever; Senor Iturbi plays much better boogie than he used to; and a couple of the children are very nice. It should have made a pleasant, easy show, but it seems hardly worth all the trouble...
...Ramsay MacDonald...