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...translation not since the Outlaw depth heavy a wounded swan real frantic a lead baloon disturbing stiff go over big in Boston gripping obscure simple guts pity posterior firey good try shifty smashing mother laughed Liberace smile tense inconsistent if I had a date climactic good music but Mr. Magoo genius even with Marilyn townies applauded
...humor of the feature is pretty laborious, there are some funny shorts on the bill. In one of them Robert Benchley says funny things about sleeping; and another, Christopher Crumpet's Playmate, has a happy ending. Two are Mr. Magoo. Through two of his wildest endings Magoo remains imperturbable...
...even more ancient sight than Lucille Ball with shoulder pads is the short subject, featuring Ben Turpin in Mack Sennett's Small Town Idol. The only entertaining thing about this relic is the realization that great-grandmother once laughed at it. More to modern taste are the two Mr. Magoo cartoons. Good old Magoo staggers through a skiing trip and the sale of his furniture in grand style. He is even better than Groucho Marx, which is quite a feat...
Before parting, it might do well to note that once again the dauntless Mr. Magoo was the bright spot of the evening. Indeed, were it not for our nearsighted saviour, Brattle patrons might think that the motion picture distributors were giving the Brattle little but second rate material. Those of us whose interests extend beyond UPA cartoons, travelogues, and re-releases of originally poor films are becoming discouraged...
...deeper into the animation field (it already has a TV contract with UFA, makers of the Mr. Magoo shorts) by the rumored $5,000,000 purchase of all the assets of Paul Terry's Terrytoons, Inc. Paramount Pictures also edged into TV with an offering of 1,600 short subjects (asking price: $3,500,000), and Producer David O. Selznick sold eleven of his feature-length films (including The Paradine Case, Notorious, The Farmer's Daughter) to National Telefilm Associates for $1,000,000. At week's end Columbia Pictures jumped on the TV bandwagon by leasing...