Word: moods
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...flossy than his and all of a piece--she does not have to make hypocrisy convincing. Burt Lancaster is an uneven Chris, vestiges of his "tough man" roles seem to get in his way too often for his own good. All in all, however, if you're in the mood for it, "All My Sons" is well worth a trip down-town...
These disasters shaped the mood of the delegates convened at Nanking for China's first National Assembly. Out of the clamor of more than 2,500 peoples' delegates -talking, questioning, accusing, cursing-arose the authentic voice of China. Its tone was laden with tragic discontent, and with something close to despair...
...along. . . . The bland face of the short, portly man in front-obviously the leader-has become set, purposeful, inscrutable, and his hand is all at once in the pocket of his grey suitcoat. The faces of his henchmen, grouped carelessly around him, convey the same ominous mood. . . . They stand there, waiting, and their purpose is clear. You want desperately to call for help, but you know it's no use. The house is empty, the yards and streets are deserted, and the entire city around you is friendless and cold...
...casual domestic confines of Kathryn Forbes' original story, Hollywood has wisely refrained from introducing any heartbreaking scenes to remind the audience that this is the most socko treatment so far. Instead, Mama and her family carry the yarn in terms of routine actions and the result is a mood picture of satisfying substance...
There were some signs that the Communists had lost ground. One day last week at Lecce, when Red Boss Palmiro Togliatti denounced the Marshall Plan, he was booed into silence. In a sudden bullish mood, the Rome stockmarket rose higher than it had been in three months. At Gorizia, a crowd of 1,000 Italians broke up a Communist meeting, then stormed toward the nearby Yugoslav border shouting: "Long Live America, Death to Tito!" Frontier guards had to squash the impromptu invasion. Customs officials discovered a cargo of 8,000 guns, 4,000 cases of ammunition and one Communist agitator...