Word: paranoiacally
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What pleased me the other night more than the amusing play was the histrionic ability of The Stagers who perform in the unpretentious Peabody Playhouse. Francis Cleveland, who is the emotional and egotistical actor, Oscar Jaffe, is convincing as a paranoiac; Harriet Helm has enough charm, poise and intelligence to make the least plausible character seem real. The rest of the cast was equally excellent...
Paterson's chiropractors still kept their offices open last week, but they were baffled and afraid. Unaware of any personal or professional grudge bitter enough to have provoked such terrorism, they and police believed that some Paterson paranoiac had conceived a mortal hate & fear of chiropractors, set out to exterminate them...
...Mann. In the article he expounds at length on the deletrious influence of such programs as "Little Orphan Annie," and "Skippy," on his children. He describes his horror at hearing his six-year-old son command him to "Stick 'em up!" and indulges generally in the expression of those paranoiac which, appearently, haunt parents when their children decided to become sheriffs or outlaws. While the conclusions of the article are interesting only in their absurdity, they move in a just cause; if the programs in question are abolished for any reason whatever, it will be a forward step...
...personal stingaree Petitioner Parker wired Vice President Garner: "Senator Long knows neither truth, honesty nor decency. His black record is nationally known. Psychiatrists have stated in my presence that he is a dangerous paranoiac. . . . The Senate should have him permanently incarcerated in Washington. . . . He is the greatest menace to American decency and civilization...
This is the way Director Fritz Lang starts a picture which makes a paranoiac with a penchant for killing small girls one of the most unforgettable cinema villains of the year. After a look at the murderer, you are shown the effect which a series of his crimes has had upon the city where he lives. Tipplers in beer gardens suspect each other of being monsters. An elderly gentleman who tells an urchin what time it is is nearly mobbed. The police make a dragnet around the town, question hundreds of suspects, arrive at no conclusions. Finally the outlaws...