Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...France, whose industry was the most highly protected of the Six, perhaps 20% of the marginal electrical firms and 30% of the small textile shops (up to 20 employees) have shut down; most had been teetering on the edge of bankruptcy for years. But France has also had pleasant surprises. While French industry always feared that it could not compete with the Germans, particularly in the electrical field, the French have found that they can not only compete in price and quality, but often beat the Germans at their own game...
...Despite an overly cute central idea and the flim-flamboyance of Star Susan Hayward, competent script and direction make this a pleasant political comedy about the road from bawdyhouse to Governor's mansion...
...there are other courses at this pleasant hour, and some of them must even be mentioned. Eugene Rochow's only rival in masterful magic, the one, the only, the incomparable L.K. Nash bursts back from sabbatical in his all-new, slam-bang Chem count them 2. Avoid the first five rows of seats...
...California's former (1953-59) Republican Governor Goodwin Jess Knight has most of the things that make men content: a handsome wife, a pleasant home in Los Angeles, robust good health, and a comfortable income that includes an annual $16,000 state pension and an $850-a-week job as a television commentator. But Goodie Knight is restless: he wants to be Governor again...
...Despite an overly cute central idea and the flim-flamboyance of Star Susan Hayward, competent script and direction make this a pleasant political coimdy about the road from bawdyhouse to Governor's mansion. Britain's Wilfrid Hyde White is superb as a major political snake...