Word: slapstickers
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...untapped reservoir of humor. The latest in the stream of hinterland hilarity, Titfield Thunderbolt, should send the cinema men back into the drawing room. For although the film has a relatively well-known cast and Technicolor scenery resembling British Railways posters, it has very few funny lines and its slapstick is unimaginative...
...slapstick skit on her Manhattan TV show, Comedienne Martha Raye tried to pass herself off as another Gabor sister, but found that her resemblance to glamorous Magda, Eva and Zsa Zsa overstrained the family...
...women after his heart and too many police after his head. But Olivier is not an invincibly haughty brigand. In one delightful scene a former lover deters him from a robbery with a school-teacher-type lecture. He switches from bravado to bashfulness with aplomb and later in numerous slapstick scenes, he cavorts about the set with admirable grace. In all, he demonstrates that he is an expert actor of convincing versatility, and also, that he cannot sing...
Whether flexing its muscles or breathing sighs, Fan Fan is hilarious entertainment. Swiftly paced, with the indifference to order and logic of an Olsen and Johnson epic, this picture makes farce and slapstick seem like high comedy and arch satire. And most of the credit goes to the two stars...
Meet Mr. McNutley (Thurs. 8 p.m., CBS). Academy Award Winner Ray (The Lost Weekend) Milland as the absent-minded professor at a women's college. The characterizations are trite, and most of the action is warmed-over slapstick. Milland's fine talent for light comedy is pretty well smothered. (Sponsor: General Electric...