Word: trite
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hatred and internal dissension --undoubtedly the best attempt in the last 75 years? No. Instead he shared platforms with many of Coughlin's stalwart fascist supporters. Did he ever come out with his promised exposure of a plot by Italian Fascists? Never, but he excused himself nobly with the trite phrase that it might "irritate the Italian government." What happened to all the evidence he had on a "huge organization to promote Nazi ideology?" Only fourteen months ago he claimed to have inside dope on Nazi money-raising campaigns in this country and a list of 220,000 names connected...
...first pictures, done in what he calls "Brown-gravy classical" style, were conventional, imitative, trite. In 1935 an exhibition of them brought a royal roasting from New Orleans critics. So Painter Souchon changed his style. Turning his back on all the art-school rules, Oldster Souchon picked up his brightest paint tubes, let himself go. Before he knew it, he got so involved in color that his son and assistant, Dr. Edmond Souchon, had to take over most of his practice...
...trade (some of them old, some of them new), has made it into a good, tense, psychological thriller. If there are moments when the movie drags, it is the fault of the plot not of Mr. Hitchcock; but if at times the directories touch becomes a little trite and a little too apparent, the blame rests entirely on Hitchcock's shoulders...
...veteran playboys battle suavely over fair Irene, who has married the former yet retains "unfinished business" with the latter; but all too rarely do any of the trio manage to rise above the trite monotony of the script. And it is not without pain that we, report that--despite some beautiful scenic backgrounds which are the only saving grace of the film--Miss Dunne can no longer sing...
...laud any single actor in this film is to do an injustice to a cast which is thoroughly superb, down to the smallest realistic bit-part. In contrast to the thousands of feet of escapism and trite propaganda that roll daily from the cameras of Hollywood, "The Stars Look Down" is an, effective reminder that the move can be a force for both education...