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...Wild Heart often turns out tame in its preordained plotting, but the story has been imaginatively told by Britain's pro-ducing-directing-writing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes).* The picture has a warm, earthy flavor with handsomely photographed Technicolor scenes of the rolling Shropshire countryside. And a strong cast helps cover up some of the story weaknesses: David Farrar swaggers masterfully as the horsy squire, and Cyril Cusack is appropriately pale and wan as the deserted parson. But it is in Jennifer Jones's lush, wide-eyed performance...
While he was board chairman of the Union Pacific, Harriman went to Washington as one of Franklin Roosevelt's "tame millionaires" to help out in NRA. His old friend Harry Hopkins-whom he had met at a Long Island croquet party in pre-New-Deal days-eventually pulled him into the White House vortex. Harriman's first big job for F.D.R. was to work out the provisions of Lend-Lease aid to Britain. His second assignment was to get aid to Russia, and in 1943 he was appointed Ambassador to Moscow. Harriman was never dazzled by the Communist...
...Democrats' "tame millionaire" began testing his campaign legs, it became obvious that Candidate Harriman would be subjected to a more critical eye than Diplomat Harriman ever was. One newsman commented dryly that Harriman's habit of being often too busy to get things done in an orderly way is obviously going to carry into his campaign, which is still having trouble getting off the ground. Others began to recall some Harriman nicknames which reflect his air of preoccupation and his passion for detail. One of them: "Misty Bill." Another: "Honest Ave, the hairsplitter...
Franny and Joe, both four-year-old chimpanzees, have been living at the farm for the past eight months. Franny is now quite tame but Joe retains such asocial habits as biting, and ripping shirts off his keeper's back...
...usual, was a mixture of leftovers from the classical and popular fields, though mostly from the former. Fiedler is unsurpassed at planning programs with wide appeal. If you attend for the relaxation and refreshments, you cannot go wrong. The music will provide intermittent high spots, but will generally be tame enough to place no great strain on your attention. On the other hand, if you're interested primarily in the music, you will find a few rewarding numbers. But they will often be accompanied by a subdued buzz from the ground floor...