Word: mongol
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Negroes & Mongols. To complement the Negro on the south wall, Rivera painted on the north wall an oriental woman, with a white fetus cuddled in a transparent uterus. The white races, Diego elaborately maintains, are actually half-Mongol, half-Negro...
...describes the interiors of Mongol yurts and lamaseries, observes with fascination the diversion of technical talents that once conquered Asia into the construction of more & more intricate prayer wheels. He describes without flurry Mongol butchering (directions: cut a hole in the animal's side, pull out the heart, squeeze it until animal is dead), and admires the tricks which Mongol farmers play on their reluctant soil to make it yield. Yet in a land where there is barely enough to eat, an undernourished girl may have silver rings in her ears. Cammann condenses his impressions of Inner Mongolia into...
Twice in every 1,000 births, some unhappy mother finds that she has borne a child suffering from an affliction which has been misnamed "Mongolian idiocy." In the 85 years since mongolism was defined, authorities have disagreed widely as to its cause. No speculation seemed too absurd. Mongolism, said some, looking at the slanted eyes of its victims, was racial evidence of "the Mongol in our midst." Others, more responsible, argued that it was caused by "advanced maternal age," exhaustion of the womb, ovarian disorders, an upset gland (any gland would do) or, finally, heredity...
Director Henry (Lives of a Bengal Lancer) Hathaway is never able to overcome that handicap. Whenever the movie's fitful action promises to become as spectacular as its settings, his camera seems to be looking in the wrong direction. The ferocity of Mongol hordes, commanded by a leering Orson Welles, is neatly foreshadowed in scenes of a barbaric tournament. But when they pillage and burn Chinese cities, the picture has nothing to show for it but some lines of post-mortem dialogue and a pillar of fiery smoke on the far horizon. An oily merchant announces that...
Some competent British players give ballast to the supporting cast, and Actor Welles proves surprisingly convincing as the tough Mongol general. Yet, with all the equipment for a spectacle, the film is likely to leave moviegoers feeling cheated -and nursing a healthy new respect for Cecil B. DeMille...