Word: skillfulness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Reputedly Hollywood's top-salaried scenarist, Ben Heeht, has turned out both his money's worth and yours in the slick, competent seript of "Notorious." Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant act with a skill that at times flare into brilliance, and the whole thing, being a spy story, is enhanced on end by Alfred Hitchcock's direction...
Berman has sentimental Charles Boyer eyes, is also known for his Quiz-Kid memory, his eloquence and his highly unsentimental political skill. The current renaissance of Poland's traditionally virulent anti-Semitism increases his unpopularity (Berman is a Jew), but his power is enormous. No document moves in. or out of the Premier's office without his O.K., and foreign diplomats, when stymied elsewhere, go to him for decisive action. A foreign visitor once called him: "A Harry Hopkins without a Roosevelt." The comparison applies to Berman's behind-the-scenes role, not to his objectives...
Archaeologist Morley thinks that the Maya, rather than the Inca, were the first of the New World people to cultivate corn. Out of this skill and the sedentary rooted life it led to, they evolved their extraordinary culture. Just when the Maya flowering began he can merely guess at, but by the dawn of the Christian era there was probably already a considerable Maya civilization in what is now the Guatemala Department...
Concerning the potentiality of his force, Barnaby commented, "We have quite a bit of material but all very green." He added that the aggregation shows a great deal of promise and skill even though it has no outstanding stars. Among the men expected to be mainstays, only one, Dave Shepard, has played on the Varsity before, although both John Knowles and Milton Heath were on last years' informal group. The squad also possesses Adam Foster, with pre-war Freshman team experience; Parker Francis, a senior of considerable ability; and a promising sophomore, Bill wightman, son of Mrs. G. W. Wightman...
Most notable performance (and the one which best shows off Director Wyler's skill) is given by ex-Paratrooper Harold Russell, 32. Cast as a handicapped sailor named Homer Parrish, Russell actually plays himself. He is no actor and no one pretends that he is, but his performance is more affecting than any professional's could be. Director Wyler merely surrounded Russell with plot and let the cameraman follow the calm, strong, unhandsome Russell face. The audience fills in all the emotion that is needed as the unembarrassed camera studies the two skillfully articulated metal hooks that Russell...