Word: maudlin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...glorify himself and Edward, Boult stops at nothing. He betrays and bullies his gentle wife (Deborah Kerr), who ends up as a maudlin drunkard. He deserts his mistress (Leueen MacGrath), and drives his old friend and partner (Mervyn Johns) to suicide. As the movie ends, both Edward and his wife are dead, but Boult, still obsessed with the pursuit of self-perpetuation, is ready to begin a search for Edward's illegitimate child...
...only story in the book that fails to come off, this one becomes a maudlin sermon, with the fuzzy moral that the Westerner should be on the side of the natives-whatever that is. Thus, better than any of the others, it makes plain what kind of blinkers Robert Shaplen's characters seem to wear. They are quite upset about what the Western impact may have done or failed to do to Asia but their reactions are impractical and confused and in some cases defy analysis. If Asia itself has anything to worry about after the Western rascals...
Sunset on the Bachelor's Flat. In an official directive, Hungary's Communist Council of Arts sternly observed that Hungarian popular music has become "decadent," lacking in the "dynamic rhythm of the new democracy." They express a maudlin desire to return to the "good old days." As an example of the kind of song that was out of tune with Marx ism, the council cited the following ballad...
...death since Franklin Roosevelt's had moved the people-and the press-to such maudlin excess. Between the pumped-up sentimentality of the public mind and the morticianly manners of the public prints, it was impossible to decide which influenced the other more. The genuine tributes to flamboyant George Herman Ruth were drowned in a messy fog of tear-jerking pictures and prose...
Transparent Pantaloons. In this maudlin backstage romance, Betty was supposed to play second fiddle to Alice, Jack Oakie and John Payne. But full of the zest of triumph, she easily stole the show. Alley turned out to be the template for all the uncomplicated, uncluttered Grable musicals (Moon Over Miami, Pin-Up Girl, Mother Wore Tights) that have followed. For one thing, the picture provided ample opportunity for the contemplation of Betty's obvious photogenic attractions, especially in the sequence when she gyrated through a harem scene, clad brilliantly in sequined bra and panties, her legs shining and sinuous...