Word: stiffness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first stagy gesture came almost as soon as she was seated-she tugged at her attorney's sleeve and whispered importantly, her head held to one side with a stiff and stilted coquettishness. Watching her, many a spectator felt that her affected posturing explained the things that had happened to Mildred Gillars almost as well as the testimony...
With his new four-cylinder models, Nuffield promised to give Lord a stiff race for U.S. sales. The Morris Minor convertibles (see cut) and sedans will retail for $1,555 or less in New York (v. Austin's $1,595); the slightly bigger Morris Oxford for $2,100. Smaller than U.S. cars (147½ inches overall v. 196¾ inches for Fords), the Minors get 35 miles to the gallon, have a top speed of 65 m.p.h...
...Lucky Stiff (Amusement Enterprises; United Artists) features that rather shady lawyer-detective named John J. Malone who figures prominently in a number of Craig Rice whodunits. It is also the not-too-promising debut of radio's Jack Benny as a movie producer (and financial backer...
With a fair amount of restraint for a mystery-comedy, The Lucky Stiff confines itself to only four murders. It could stand a few more laughs. Even its romance dwindles off when Lawyer Donlevy decides to ration the women in his life. He gives up Lamour, but holds on to both Client Rambeau (whose fees pay a lot of bills), and his long-suffering secretary (Claire Trevor) who tells him which bills must be paid...
...Frank Godbey and four pals pulled off a robbery in Ringling, Okla., and bungled it. They got only $9. A few days later Hoodlum Godbey was captured. Prosecutor Earl Pruet, a vigorous and sarcastic lawyer, pointed out to the court that Godbey was a fifth offender, and demanded a stiff sentence for him. Godbey got 35 years, and swore to Pruet: "I'll kill you if it's the last thing I ever...