Word: skill
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...transferring Andre Gide's short tale, "La Symphonie Pastorale" to the screen, the responsible French parties have done it with such skill that if perfection is to be the goal of similar efforts, "Symphonie Pastorale" can well serve as the criterian...
...already possessed in fact. In China, his devoted apostles-Mao Tse-tung, leader of China's Communist Party, and Chu Teh, commander of China's Communist armies-were winning a victory for which they could thank the stupidities of their opponents as much as their own skill. History, which would be little concerned with the "whys," might still record the loss of China-if it was to be a loss-as 1948's major event and major catastrophe. Journalism could certainly record Mao Tse-tung and Chu Teh as Communism's Men of the Year...
Live Today is unquestionably an earnest picture on a serious theme. Thanks largely to the charm and skill of Florence Eldridge (offscreen, Mrs. Fredric March), it is also at times quite poignant. But, considering how well Michael Gordon directed Another Part of the Forest, this is a surprisingly uneven job; notably, Gordon squeezes much less than he might out of the buildup to the "mercy killing" itself. The picture is also disappointing because it dodges and neglects so much. The pros & cons of euthanasia are presented in the round; a distinction is made between moral and legal guilt; and something...
Marsh records Manhattan in the lusty, busty style that Hogarth and Thomas Rowlandson used to capture 18th Century London. He lacks Rowlandson's genius for caricature, but in draftsmanship, technical skill and honesty of observation Marsh is easily his peer...
...Asked if he had any recipe for success in scientific research, he said, 'Yes . . . enthusiasm ... I rate that even ahead of professional skill...