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...miser. Mary Jane, dubbed "Shorts," lands on Jones' doorstep when her father is killed for accidentally discovering a big race fix. Jones is callous towards his new room mate at first, but as the story progresses, he becomes more and more attached to her; the movie's neatest trick is conveying with subtlety Jones' growing affection for his ill-gotten ward. The first night that Shorts stays with Jones, she asks him to sing her a Lullaby. Jones complies, singing the tune of "Rock-s-bye Baby" with a set of hilarious lyrics from the daily race sheet; this...
Clean Graveyards. But the neatest trick of the trial came when Howell's attorney, T. Ross Sharpe, called two of the jurors down out of the box to be witnesses. Though both had sworn they were "impartial" before being seated on the jury, they each said they considered Amy's reputation "bad" and would not believe what she said, even under oath...
...pulling Pearson into politics, the Liberal bigwigs had brought off the neatest coup that Ottawa has seen in many a day. At 51, Mike Pearson has an international reputation unrivaled among Canadians. In London and Washington (where he was ambassador in wartime) he has made more friends for Canada than any of his predecessors...
...were slicker moviemaking but took this likable trash more seriously than it is worth. The new version has just about the right easygoing attitude. Peter Lorre can always be counted on. Tony Martin and Yvonne de Carlo, who have never before seemed entirely human, are simple, likable, even believable. Neatest measure of John Berry's sensible directing: the leads don't art it up by calling each other Gah-bee and Peh-peh; they're just plain old Gabby and Peppy...
...many modern poets, he wrote both lucidly and sharply; he intended to be understood by every intelligent reader. He died of dropsy at 56. These characteristic lines (reprinted from the Selected Works of Alexander Pope, a new volume edited by Louis Kronenberger: Modern Library; $1.25) are one of the neatest jobs of literary assassination ever done. The victim: Joseph Addison...