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...Tortilla Flat (Frank Morgan, Spencer Tracy. Hedy Lamarr; TIME...
...Tortilla Flat" makes no serious bid for immortality, but an open mind and some patience can find in it one of the happier ventures of the movie-year. Whatever Hollywood publicity may maintain, the name Spencer Tracy is not always synonymous with great acting, or Victor Fleming with spirited direction, or John Steinbeck with irrestible writing; "Tortilla Flat," with all three names, does not quite make the grade of any superlative. So much for immortality...
Steinbeck's paisanos, remains of the original Spanish settlers above Monterey, are a simple, indolent, pleasure-loving lot who live in happy poverty on ramshackle Tortilla Flat. Pilon and his band of rascally idlers would rather filch their beloved food and wine and sleep out under the giant redwood trees than earn their keep by chopping squids in the town below. They are probably the most harmless, insignificant people alive, but Steinbeck's story of religious faith and the good works it inspired lifts them out of their humble uselessness, preaching the essential dignity of all mankind...
...Tortilla Flat (Frank Morgan, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr; TIME...
...Tortilla Flat (Frank Morgan, Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr; TIME...