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Though its overripe plot is unconvincing and full of coincidence, the movie delivers good performances, especially bv Actresses Cowl and Stanwyck and Villain Bettger.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 15, 1950 | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

The issue's one redeeming story is "As Who Likes It?," a moderately funny parody on Shakespeare's comedy. Its humor comes from a take-off on the supposedly unconvincing disguises of Rosalind in "As You Like It"; in this case, the writer gets some humor out of having both...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: ON THE SHELF | 4/28/1950 | See Source »

Pooh-Bah: Merely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Saucer-Eyed Dragons | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

The flaw in Sherwood's plot is that there are two heroines and only one hero. Horace Miller, a young photographer with James G. Bennett's New York Herald in 1885, is the object of affection for both Maisie Dell, a lady-reporter from the Police Gazette, and Miss Liberty...

Author: By Edward C. Haley, | Title: THE PLAYGOER | 4/15/1950 | See Source »

This week, Cripps spoke in St. Paul's Cathedral, the first layman so invited at a regular service. Under the vast, golden dome, Cripps, in a dark business suit,* seemed a tiny black speck as he walked stiffly up the marble staircase to the red-canopied pulpit. Said Insomniac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Voices in the Exchequer | 1/16/1950 | See Source »

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