Word: mason
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Having succeeded in cutting the colonies loose from what they regarded as a despotic monarchy, the founding fathers were extremely wary of the tyrannical potential in the office of Chief Executive. Some, like George Mason of Virginia, advocated an Executive of three persons rather than one. Said Mason: "If strong and extensive powers are vested in the Executive, and that Executive consists only of one person, the Government will of course degenerate into a monarchy." Eventually the founders settled on one President, but the fear of Executive tyranny prompted them to separate the powers of Government and carefully enumerate...
There is now a hint in the mail that some of the public may want in on the act. Wives and husbands are arguing about separation of powers, reporters are being forced to carry copies of the Constitution with them. And all those people who were reared on Perry Mason, whose steel-trap mind is always ahead of everybody else's, are wondering how come those fellows on the committee stammer, halt, fumble and they never get a witness to break down in tears and say "I did it. Take me away." I wonder...
Last of Sheila. Slick but interesting. A murder mystery on a yacht. Don't even try to figure out the plot, which is convoluted almost beyond the limits of credibility. Most of the fun comes from watching James Coburn, Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Mason, and Raquel Welch play themselves, with plenty of witty Hollywood quips and elaborate sets. Cheri...
ROSS HAS GOTTEN good performances from a cast studded with box-office attractions: Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, Raquel Welch, James Coburn, James Mason, Joan Hackett, and Ian McShane. Coburn gives a fine performance as the masterminder of games, supremely certain that his guests will play. His innate arrogance masquerades as razor sharp charm...
...unabashed flattery. She manages to maintain this tension in her role throughout the film, and Ross uses her well as a counterpoint to more mundane dialogue. Richard Benjamin is the sliding writer, questioning and confused about the cruise and its purposes; Joan Hackett plays his clinging wife; and Mason plays the washed up director with an easy ambience and quiet paternalism...