Word: magically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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German-born Novelist Thomas (Magic Mountain) Mann, who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1944, called a press conference in Vienna and announced that he had rented a small house in Erlenbach, near Zurich. Freedom was "slightly restricted" in the United States, he said, and "unless events make me change my mind again, I would rather spend the rest of my life in a European atmosphere." However, Mann added, "I will naturally remain an American citizen...
...magic Box is such a good picture that it can waste Laurence Olivier in a three minute walk on part. In fact, it is even difficult to spot Olivier under a handlebar mustache and a London bobbie's helmet...
...flashbacks, Donat portrays the haphazard life of William Friese-Greene, inventor of the first motion picture camera (the magic box). Friese-Greene was infatuated with the idea of making slides move both black and white and color. This idea soon became an obsession which dominated his life. Giving a superb sympathetic performance, Donat seems to mellow with his character; white hair, wrinkles, and shuffling step untobtinsively blend into his part. Even Donat's voice slowly acquires an appropriately wistful tone...
Much credit for the movie's excellence goes to Fric Ambler for his tightly written screen play. In all, The Magic Box is far above average. DAVID C. D. ROGERS
...occasional fits of depression, Billy reproaches himself and his team for vainglory, for giving the credit to Graham rather than God; he lives in private foreboding that a wrathful Lord may some day punish him by turning his magic lips to clay. In red ink Billy's press releases carry a self-humbling reminder: "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Zechariah...