Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Admirers of Somerset Maugham will be pleased to observe that the plot of this picture, adapted from his short story The Vessel of Wrath, greatly resembles that of Rain, with genders reversed. Thus, though Ginger Ted eventually undergoes a slight regeneration, the missionary's character is completely revolutionized, while the poor contróleur gets a reward usually reserved in the cinema for knaves...
Putting fiction to shame, the McKesson & Robbins story ran the gamut from gunrunning to human hair for sale, even included a trapdoor. And at the plot's centre was one of the most incredible characters that ever left fingerprints in the sands of time-the man who moved in Wall Street as Tycoon F. Donald Coster...
...Majesty King George VI. Tory that he is, Earl Baldwin invited to eat, drink and smoke informally with His Majesty eight Laborite and Liberal leaders who had never before met the King. Some thought that Earl Baldwin, privately vehemently critical of the Chamberlain Government, was hatching a palace plot against the Prime Minister. Better explanation: the King, symbol of the nation, was simply making friends with men who might be needed in a crisis. This could be gracefully done under the sponsorship of an elder statesman no longer in active politics. No newspaper printed the diners' names, Buckingham Palace...
During the crossing the passengers kept largely to themselves. But when the liner skimmed down over Croydon, then unaccountably roared back up into the air, the plot began to thicken. A mechanic came back into the cabin, lifted up a corner of carpet, pried at a section of floor board. Those who ventured to look below saw fire apparatus and ambulances gathering on the field. The ship's electrically retractable landing wheels had jammed...
...Bull" are currently fighting for honors at the University, with "Torchy Gets Her Man" a poor third. For those who have not seen "Brother Rat" on the stage, the screen version is top notch entertainment; for those who have, the movie is merely amusing. The lines are good, the plot, based on the complexities of life at the Virginia Military Institute is excellent, and Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane get into trouble convincingly. And there are plenty of troubles. There is a wife to be concealed, scholastic difficulties to be overcome, and after hours escapades to be covered...