Word: plays
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...movie of this type, it is a rare director who can resist the temptation to play up the ominous threat of the Nazis. Peter Glenville manages to stay away from this chestnut until the end, when it is consequently more effective. Although his direction is not brilliant, it is consistent, and while the camera work generally dull, there are a few good moments...
...Colonel is an extremely successful movie version of S. N. Berman's Jacobowsky and the Colonel, which was itself an adaptation of an earlier play by the German writer, Franz Werfel. Despite the fact that it is essentially comic and optimistic, the main interest lies in the character of the anti-semitic Polish officer who is also escaping the German onslaught, and is forced to join Jacobowsky in the flight from Paris. Before the inevitable conclusion in which fellowship overcomes prejudice, the Colonel displays most of the personal traits idealized by the pursuing enemy...
...heartening to know that the movie world can still adapt a play without abandoning its more serious and "difficult" aspects. Me and the Colonel is a very fine example...
...only can one play tennis at the clubs, but also many industries provide courts for their employees. "We played on the Rolls Royce grass courts," Weld noted. In general, he added, "they gave us a better fight in doubles all over England." Thus to prepare for the Prentice Cup singles, the team constantly played test matches with one another...
...nationalism. It merely reflects de Gaulle's conviction that the French will not be satisfied with a diminutive role in world affairs, that they are politically at their best only when they believe that they can still do great things together, and that they will not be able to play an important role if they do not face the world of 1958 on its own terms...