Word: trickyness
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Tuberculous son of a wealthy English parson, Cecil Rhodes went to South Africa at 16 in search of health. Three years later he went home, to Oxford, but his lungs sent him back again. Later he used to say that he left England not so much for love of adventure...
Adapted from a Hungarian comedy by Ladislaus Fodor, directed by James Whale, The Kiss Before the Mirror has a smooth surface, good acting and a compactly organized, if tricky, story. It lacks action and emphasis. Good shot: Dr. Held listening with growing interest to his wife's tirade at...
The old songwriters beamed over their cigars last week. Since the decline of the sheet music industry many of them have been sustained by the royalties which the A. S. C. A. & P. has collected from radio stations and cinemansions. But President Gene Buck (who wrote the lyrics for "Sally...
There is no objection to the professor having a battle of wits with the Widow, but it should be of a different kind. It is certainly possible to devise an examination which shall reveal whether the student has a thorough knowledge of the subject, or only such a superficial knowledge...
The story of The Old Dark House, as anyone can guess from the title, starts with three motorists ringing a musty doorbell in the hope of finding shelter from a thunderstorm. The door is opened by a butler (Boris Karloff) whose hair is unbrushed but whose face looks as though...