Word: reel
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week's end Charles Dameron, blocked from further action by the absence of legal appeal, turned to Dori, a perky little girl who can reel off her ABCs and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, as well as the contents of all 30 of her children's books. Said Dameron sadly: "Dori, the lady looked all around and couldn't find a baby brother...
Untangling the knotted skein of corruption that spewed from the power reel of Teamster Boss Dave Beck, the select Senate committee investigating labor racketeering has turned up some devastating evidence. Even so, many a rank-and-file teamster could still tell himself that Good Old Dave had the boys' interests at heart, no matter what he did. Last week, as the hearings took on a new reel. Good Old Dave turned out to be Bad Old Dave for even the toughest teamster. Reason: testimony plainly showed that Dave 1) used the Teamsters, whenever it suited his money-hungry whims...
From the first spin of the reel, it is plain that the heroine (Judy Holliday) is full of life. As she flap-foots into her average suburban kitchen, her face zombie-like in the spell of some unspeakable urge, it will be obvious to the last row, third balcony, that the lady is pregnant. But what is this dark drive that possesses her? With somnambulistic stare she crosses to the kitchen counter. She reaches for a knife-and then for the bread and peanut butter. She raises the sandwich to her mouth, hesitates. A gleam of madness flickers...
They're young, but not very passionate because passion surely implies a conviction of some sort, and these people have none. They show us that young people get themselves into trouble when they accept no responsibilities, but because no one is hurt by the time the last reel rolls around, they also show us all the good fun that ambitious American youth is missing...
First of all this is not a sequel to any other picture. It is a simple story of what nine people will do in an everyday preposterous situation. Reel One: meet alluring Anita Ekberg, being flown out of Las Vegas to become a B-girl in Boca Grande, South America. Reels Two and Three: meet eight other passengers who will fly to Boca Grande with her, including a vodka-drinking pilot (Yes ... (sob), she was killed that night by a truck...