Word: pistolling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...enough to make a mystery fan throw up his hands in abject despair. It concerns a psychic convict fresh from taking the tap for a rich, buccaueering and, of all things, the rich man's murder. There's a nifty bit of Rube Goldbergiana concerning the firing of a pistol, but otherwise the film ends with very little clarification of anything save the fact that Nick Charles leads a very merry married life. However, the conversation sparkles at frequent intervals and Myrna Loy wears a negligee now and then for a man's money this is enough...
...Survivors of the British steamer Sneaton told how they were forced at pistol-point to pose smiling in their life boat while U-boat officers took their pictures...
...Maginot-Westwall stalemate, or through the Swiss side door. > Machine gunners on the forefront of the German advance wore steel armor covering them from neck to crotch. Weighing 30 Ibs. but only 1/20 in. thick, this gear was more psychological than practical. It would deflect only spent rifle or pistol bullets, was useless against aimed fire or grenades...
...passing from Broadway to Hollywood, On Your Toes has suffered a see change. Even Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, a high point of the original version, has no more bang than the pop-pistol percussion with which the orchestra burlesques its pantomime killings. Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, Leonid Kinskey fling flat gags around with as much nervous energy as if they were hand grenades, but they never go off. Typical duds: "We are waiting for Levsky"; "Aha! mutiny on the ballet...
Here is a picture done in the grahnd mannah, with wild rides and murky skies, pistol shots and the aroma of intrigue. Charles Laughton and Director Hitchock have joined forces, gathered around them an imposing array of writers and actors, and produced one of the best pictures of the year. The flamboyance of Laughton and the high-strung tension of Hitchcock direction complement each other perfectly. The result is high adventure worthy of Dumas combined with the trip-hammer pace of a first-rate detective story. Maureen O'Hara, Laughton's much-heralded colleen, is not, however, the sensation that...