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...Lavender Hill Mob. Alec Guinness in a bright, British farce-comedy about a staid bank employee who satisfies the inner criminal yearnings of a lifetime (TiME...
Surprisingly, Go-Getter Towers got his start writing radio scripts for the staid old British Broadcasting Corp. Six years ago he formed his neatly named Towers of London, Ltd., and set off on his first world tour with an armful of recorded programs. With his shows now heard in every part of the Commonwealth, and with special programs broadcast in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands, Towers is looking with interest at television. But he has no intention of neglecting his first love, says of the U.S.: "Over here, people are working so hard on television that they...
...Lavender Hill Mob. Alec Guinness in a bright British farce-comedy about a staid bank employee who satisfies the inner criminal yearnings of a lifetime (TIME...
...such newspaper melodramas as Five Star Final (1931) and Gentlemen of the Press (1929). Reporter John Derek never takes off his hat, scoops not only the opposition but also the cops; ruthless Editor Broderick Crawford prints anything to get a rise out of his circulation. Together they turn a staid Manhattan daily (U.S. election headline: MR. DEWEY DEFEATED) into a rag that thrives on blood, cheesecake and tears...
...taking off their shoes. Like all other giveaway shows, Potluck has a studio audience, a thigh-slapping announcer, a full catalogue of physical and spiritual indignities for its contestants. The remarkable thing about it: Potluck is the first giveaway show to appear on the British Broadcasting Corp.'s staid television...