Word: scripting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...power of clear statement is the great power at the bar." In front of him, Davis spreads out the "record on appeal," and the "briefs" (written arguments, hammered out by other lawyers in his firm and submitted to the court in advance). Davis has prepared no full-length script, no memorized remarks-just a few key phrases on a scribble sheet. But he is master of his case. Lightly he skips from page 1,428 of the record to page 3, and back again, to make his points. His words, though spontaneous, are apt; his voice still sonorous...
...Studio One, sponsor Westinghouse has brilliantly faced up to some difficult situations. One script was turned down at the last minute when a sure-eyed adman found that its plot revolved about a leaky refrigerator. And, to protect the tender sensibilities of Westinghouse's lamp department, Studio One obligingly switched the title of Rudyard Kipling's The Light That Failed to The Gathering Night...
Everest begins, as all good epics should, before the beginning. Earlier attempts to climb the peak are described; the terrain is analyzed in a general way. Then, at a footpace, the script proceeds with the 1953 expedition-how it was organized in England, how the men were picked and trained, how the equipment was tested-and at a footpace, it continues every step of the way to the top of Everest...
...that the Saturday filming of the TV show makes little difference to him or his friends, since "most of the kids in my class have jobs over the weekend anyway." Ricky has been more difficult. At eight he wanted to quit school because he could already read a radio script and was not able to see the need for further education. Ozzie insists that both boys will go on to college and to law school. He remembers that when he was a New Jersey law student he also had an afternoon job coaching a football team and led his orchestra...
Sabre Jet (United Artists) is a picture dedicated to explaining the importance of sex to the American air effort in Korea. Pilots' wives were in some cases permitted to join their husbands in Japan, and according to this script, it was the thought of the little woman waiting at the gate of the air base after every mission that kept the boys flying. Except for a few routine shots of some gleaming Sabres, the film is devoted to a lot of thick talk about getting to bed early and to some aggressively cheerful gynecologic humor: "Oh, morning sickness...