Word: superbeings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Francisco bank clerk who introduced footwork and Shakespeare to the ring and knocked out John L. Sullivan in 21 immortal rounds, Errol Flynn flashes the fanciest left Hollywood has produced. Warners has surrounded him with the hilarious rowdyism of the prizefighting game in the '903, including a superb performance by Ward Bond as the great John L. himself...
...tells the story of an intelligent but impecunious writer who must choose between a woman with beauty but no money and another with money but no beauty. There are several hilarious situations, and the dialogue is brilliant. "The Second Man" will probably become a classic because of its superb handling of one of the fundamental principles of the drama: that Comedy must be based on Reason, while Tragedy is based on Emotion. This is a play consciously and delightfully concerned with the human mind...
...rangefinder effect as if seen by some fantastic bird whose eyes are that distance apart. When such pictures are viewed by human eyes, less than three inches apart, the effect is one of foreshortening-as if seen from a height of a few hundred feet. Thus reconnaissance has a superb new tool...
...series of parties. In London they dined with young Queen Victoria's uncle, the Duke of Sussex, who insisted on giving Mrs. Webster a prize strawberry "from his own plate." Said Mrs. Webster ungratefully: "A thorough radical and not very refined." The Queen gave them "a superb dinner" served on gold & silver plates. Mrs. Webster could not resist washing her hands in the ladies' room "to show that I knew the use of the scented water and napkins...
...better time in Paris. She shopped, saw the Chamber of Deputies ("superb . . . the French have so much taste"). Daughter Julia bought a "superb" dessert set. The W.'s dined with King Louis Philippe and the Queen ("Very superb. The King helps the soup . . . and the Queen the fish"). Then they flitted back to London where they saw a new play called Love, a Melo Drama ("The thunder storm, where her lover . . . was slightly stunned . . . was very pretty...