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...said Flanders, "the junior Senator from Wisconsin interests us all-there can be no doubt about that-but also he puzzles some of us. To what party does he belong? Is he a hidden satellite of the Democratic Party, to which he is furnishing so much material for quiet mirth? It does not seem that his Republican label can be stuck on very tightly when, by intention or through ignorance, he is doing his best to shatter the party whose label he wears. He no longer claims or wants any support from the Communist fringe. What is his party affiliation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Words from a Quiet Man | 3/22/1954 | See Source »

Remains to Be Seen (M-G-M), a movie version of the 1951 Howard Lindsay-Russel Grouse play, is a blend of murder and mirth that succeeds in being neither mysterious nor particularly amusing. The action takes place in a Park Avenue apartment building which houses: a bashful theatrical manager (Van Johnson) who is also an amateur jazz drummer, a sleepwalking band singer (June Allyson). a murdered vice snooper (Stuart Holmes), a homicidal doctor (John Beal). a mysterious lady (Angela Lansbury) who materializes at intervals from a secret door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 18, 1953 | 5/18/1953 | See Source »

...truly know a thing about it, an 'Mike's probably right after all, but that Silent Mirth appears awfully pretty...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Improving the Bookies | 4/25/1953 | See Source »

...winner was not Silent Mirth as you would expect because it happens to Donald O'Connor in the best movies. No, a 12-1 beast, well-named "Outland," pulled ahead in the stretch and finished strong. Casey was awfully sorry about Mike's mistake, and because she had talked me into another wasted two-bill...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Improving the Bookies | 4/25/1953 | See Source »

...Well," said Casey, "Ah just can't say. He does look good, but Ah don't believe he's got the breeding for it all the way. Now Silent Mirth seems in space, and the odds are just up for a show...

Author: By Robert J. Schoenberg, | Title: Improving the Bookies | 4/25/1953 | See Source »

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