Word: riches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hired by a rich Parisian marketcer to do some gold smuggling, which, of course, is nothing at all to a former leader of the desert patrol, etc. Unfortunately, the young man's charm, or something, is so tremendous that in no time at all he has the wife, the secretary, the daughter, and the maid all madly in love with him. But with the daughter it's real, and she gives up her bourgeois notions about truth. The final curtain finds her fixing breakfast for her "emperor of China...
...Hitler came to power, the films were sent via the French Line. From 1935 to 1938, Chambers had two sources in the State Department (so far only Hiss has been named publicly). At one point, four "high sources" in Washington were so productive, Chambers said, that Moscow sent them rich Bokhara rugs in appreciation...
...bill of rights. One clause provided "freedom of thought and religion." Food was brought in and prices went down. Before the new policy was introduced, ton chang (the people's court) was dreaded by many middle-class Chinese. The Reds admitted regretfully that "in some places landlord and rich peasant elements were unnecessarily put to death." A month after Kaifeng's capture ton chang had done no "account settling...
That Wonderful Urge (20th Century-Fox) is a stale, wearisome slapstick sermon on the text "You, Too, Can Be Happy, Though Rich." The example is a tabloid reporter (Tyrone Power) who writes scurrilous stories about a chain-store heiress (Gene Tierney). Disguised as a playboy-author, he pursues her to Sun Valley, and she develops an odd urge to share more of her time-and maybe her millions-with him. To most reporters, this might seem like very sweet vengeance, if you can get it; to Reporter Power, the whole idea is repugnant...
...dose him with his own poison-lurid publicity-and issues a fake announcement of their marriage. His paper fires him, of course, and for the next few reels, editors, lawyers and even the handsome young couple energetically worry the question: Did the nice newsman really marry the naughty rich girl, or didn't he? As all the din begins to fade, the answer seems to be: he didn't, but he will...