Word: twistings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Insane minds have become a favorite study of Hollywood dramas, but the psychological twist has generally been used as modern gloss to the standard boy-meets-girl glamor. In even the best of these, the deranged mind was merely held up as an interesting object to look at. "The Snake Pit," however, void of all hints of Hollywood glamor, achieves the startling effect of entering the diseased mind and reflecting its horrors and fears--its despair in groping in darkness for a ray of light. The mind is not exhibited but analyzed; the audience not merely understands it but feels...
...first novel in this new series, Adventures of a Young Man, told the raw, resentful story of middle-class Radical Glenn Spotswood who became a Red organizer, was forced to leave his striking worker comrades in the lurch after a twist of party line, was expelled from the party for "deviations," and then died a lonely death in Spain at the hands of his ex-comrades...
Peek Up a Rope. If necessary, he will twist an arm. Last year he called John Sonnett, who was taking over the Justice Department's anti-trust division, to point out that he was accustomed to getting anti-trust scoops. Retorted Sonnett: "Aw, go peek up a rope." Sonnett was punished with rough rides on the Merry-Go-Round. The column is equally open about rewarding those who do cooperate: some newsmen spot Pearson's sources simply by seeing who gets his backpats...
...first novel, Martha Bacon has given this theme a modern twist. While Henry James sometimes saw American innocence as a fresh and gracious stimulant to overcultivated Europe, kiss Bacon deals with a situation in which the irresponsibility of Americans causes a tragedy for Europeans...
...from Colorado (Columbia) puts a reverse twist on the old story of the G.I. who comes home from the wars and hires his colonel to sweep out the office. This time, the colonel (Glenn Ford) returns to Colorado territory after the Civil War, becomes a judge, and proceeds to mop up the prison floors with men formerly in the cavalry with...