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...satisfy her role Actress Baker would have to look sexy; she doesn't. To match the men she would have to act; she can't. But then Garbo herself couldn't save this film from its script, which after Carroll's arrival takes one trite turn after another. And that's a shame. Before Sahara lapses into sex it really has sand...
...Stranger Knocks is acted intensely by Birgitte Federspiel and Preben Lerdorff Rye. The complete isolation of the two characters magnifies the tension of the developing revelation of their relationship. The film is flawed only by a few trite lines and some occasionally self-conscious camera work...
Child custody is ordinary movie fare and positively trite in television, but if the child is white and her stepfather black, the subject gets special in a hurry. Julie Cullen (Actress Barbara Barrie) divorces her husband on grounds of desertion. With her child she moves to a small Midwestern town, takes a job in a factory. Her friendship with a Negro fellow worker (Bernie Hamilton) turns gradually to love. His parents are appalled, warn him "not to marry any damn white woman," and accept the union only when a son is born. Four years later, Julie's first husband...
...that most of the students whom we have interviewed for the project, far from being secret thrill-seekers, are honest and sincere young people who honestly and sincerely believe that their participation in such a program will contribute to American democracy. Perhaps these sentiments are by now so trite and rare that they are mistrusted by Mr. Lerner, who seeks other unconscious drives for their actions...
...WINDOW SHOP embodies a completely different fashion philosophy. Although most often associated with leisurely lunches, it also houses one of Cambridge's best shops. In its excellent workrooms, imported fabrics become one-of-a-kind dresses at high, though not prohibitive, prices. Its styles are nether super-extreme nor trite, but distinctive fabrics make it certain you won't see yourself on the street...