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...made musicals exclusively (Cabin in the Sky, I Dood It, the luscious Meet Me in St. Louis). He was frightened at first by the straight-dramatic Clock. But he turned it into a directorial tour de force. Studiously as he researches and plans his films, Minnelli is no theorist : "The exciting thing about pictures," he says, "is not to have a future plan. I like to work in a new quality every time." At the moment, his only future plan is to marry Judy Garland this June, if studio schedules permit...
...ordinary, honest politician grown to stature through patience, hard work and luck. He believes in strict party responsibility, a politician's reward for work done, and complete loyalty to friends. (He never forsook Tom Pendergast, even after Boss Tom had gone to Leavenworth.) He is no theorist. In his Administration there are likely to be few innovations and little experimentation...
...proposals, which are scheduled for early consideration by Congress, Professor Hansen pointed also to the changed economic attitudes displayed at the New Hampshire conference by the delegates. Following a discussion of the history of world monetary problems in the period between the World Wars, the noted business cycle theorist discussed the better known institutions proposed at the conference, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Monetary Fund. Broadly, he stated the aim of these agencies to be the preparation of the way for a multi-lateral trade structure...
...Hours (Ealing-AFE) reduces Graham Greene's fast-paced, improbable story (Went the Day Well?) to a slow-moving, improbable film. Oldtime Director Cavalcanti, heretofore much admired by cinesthetes as a shrewd theorist of sound, is not helped much by William Walton's* undistinguished score, was not wise in splattering Prologist Mervyn Johns's excellent speeches with cheery bird noises...
...became the Bank's Governor-until then by precedent usually a two-year job. Shy, retiring, yet possessed of an iron will, Norman held office for twenty-four momentous years. During these years his motto was: "Never explain, never apologize." He prided himself on not being a theorist. His rare speeches were poorly delivered generalities. He rarely wrote anything for publication. Though bitterly attacked, he never retorted to criticism...