Word: slickness
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Bend of the River is a case in point. James Stewart is a fearless but good-humored hero who defeats insurmountable difficulties. Arthur Kennedy is as black a villain as there ever was, and Julia Adams is a fine heroine. The story brings in wagon trains, a gold-rush, slick gamblers, and even a Mississippi paddle-wheeler...
...those who assume that U.S.A. is just the same old N.A.M. diatribes wrapped up in slick monthly installments will be surprised by the March issue (U.S.A.'s inaugural). They will find out that it is more than a house organ...
...away with close to a million dollars. His audacity, his passion for detail, his penchant for masquerade, kept two generations of New York and Philadelphia cops in an almost continuous state of heavy-breathing frustration. And when the bulls caught Willie they usually compounded their own embarrassment-"Slick Willie" repeatedly demonstrated a genius for escaping from prisons...
...heater, has been driven 1262 actual miles.) From the Denver Post: "New Ig Iv rm, frpl, 2 bdrm, Ig kt, exp attic cel gar." (Translation: a new house with a large living room with fireplace, two bedrooms, large kitchen, expansion attic and cellar garage.) Automobiles are "jim dandy," "slick as a whistle," "A-i," "just like new," "never a wreck," "peachy keen," and "loaded" (all the extras). The highest praise: "You'll simply drool...
Though the plot is thick, the characterizations are thin, and the film as a whole is slack as well as slick. The cast provides some flashy playacting, notably by Bette Davis as a bedridden paralytic...