Word: nice
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hitchcock, who admits to a liking for murder amid babbling brooks, steps up the excitement of his picture by deftly under stating his saboteurs' characters. One (Alan Baxter), a nice chap who might be an accountant, amiably discusses his children and their future with Cummings, who has passed himself off as a ring member...
...Andy Kirk came to town, but there were some others whom I'd like to mention here who played more than one fine chorus that night. The ones I have in mind particularly are George Springer, whose trumpet led the rideout finals with much gusto, and who played some nice obligato during Rushing's blues numbers; Stu Grover, easily the best of the three drummers; and Ed Hunt on guitar and Bud Wentworth on trombone, both of whom suffered from the lack of an amplifier. It might be well to observe that most of the participants were members of "Russ...
...Daddy" record seemed to augur for him, he lost many of his outstanding men and finally parted company with his partner, the drummer Ray McKinley, who now has his own band. I, heard the revamped Bradley group on the air a few nights, ago, and found it a nice, pleasant orchestra, not greatly different from a bevy of other orchestras. They didn't play much jazz that night, but their numbers were delivered smoothly. I doubt if Adams House will go hog-wild over them, but as I have observed before, the orchestra isn't everything at a House dance...
...Salsette's remarks about U.S. food & drink are courteous but not startlingly novel; he has some very nice things to say, however, for the complicated, charming toy, his kitchenette, and he manages to make the luxuries of a U.S. bathroom, for the first time, worthy of literature...
...cruisers reported to Admiral Vian's flagship: "Four suspicious vessels to the starboard." The A.P.'s Preston Grover raised his field glasses, saw the Italian fleet on the horizon. Said he to the Chicago Daily News's Richard Mowrer: "Well, it's been nice knowing you." Mowrer's throat was too dry for reply; he nodded, and admired a British captain calmly ramming tobacco into his pipe...