Word: smoothed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Pacific war. To the north of the city Lieut. General Sir William J. Slim's land forces awaited the go signal. British East Indies Fleet units, standing in to the Gulf of Martaban, shelled the flatlands south of Rangoon. Paratroops floated down south of Rangoon to smooth the way for amphibious forces. Far to the southwest, in the Bay of Bengal, aircraft carriers and battleships carried out strikes on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to prevent interference with the big show...
...quite-a-lady in the dark, misleads and falls in love with young Dr. Dick Haymes, and demonstrates the fact that motherhood's extra pound or so of flesh can improve even the screen's most unimprovable body. Radio's wry, rough Beatrice Kay and bland, smooth Phil Silvers contribute some likable comedy; William Gaxton's performance, as Dr. Haymes's worried father, is a fine, quiet piece of backstage sentimentalism. The big production numbers (hung mainly on the idea that Gaxton, as Ze Chef, marshalls forth young women dressed to represent condiments and fancy...
...loss of Roll, while severe in itself, was not the hardest blow to the Crimson, Polhemus, rowing in his place, turned a creditable performance. It was, however, the disruption of the crew of eight that had worked together since restart of the season and had perfected smooth style, that emphasized Roll's absence...
...Russian-occupied Europe. The Communists had always been a minuscule party in Austria. Now they held three key government posts. Party workhorse Johann Koplenig, an old-time Communist, was one of three Councillors to the Chancellor. Franz Honner, another Party stalwart, was given the strategic Interior Ministry (police). Smooth-talking Ernst Fischer held the Ministry of Education and Religion, where he would dispense propaganda and handle Catholic Austria's relations with the Vatican. This Communist trio (all just returned from exile in Moscow) seemed the real power behind Dr. Renner...
...enough, as Miss Barrymore was, to keep every hint of boy-meets-girl out of the teacher's moving relationship with the uncouth young miner who is her star pupil. Newcomer John Dall, as the miner, cares a lot for his role, but he is too urban and smooth to convey much power through it, once he gets the coal dust off his face. Another newcomer, Joan Lorring, as a hysterical little cockney slut who gets herself and the young man in trouble, mixes talent and overemphasis in about equal parts. Hit of the show: Rosalind Ivan, having herself...