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...annex a country, as Britain annexed India; all they are interested in is profit, and so they take steps to control the wealth of the country ... A country may appear to be free and independent if you consult geography or an atlas. But if you will look behind the veil, you will find that it is in the grip of another country, or rather of its bankers and big businessmen . . ." When India got its independence, Nehru was braced to resist the onslaught of rapacious U.S. business. When it did not come, he was more chagrined than relieved...
...Sadek would be a simple affair in keeping with the grave state of the world. The bride-to-be was doing her part to help. She had held down her Paris trousseau to 30 dresses, 30 pairs of shoes, a few crates of hats and a $2,800 wedding veil...
...Seventh Veil," Ann Todd portrays a concert pianist who, after a long period of intense training by her cousin-guardian Nicholas (James Mason), succumbs to a neurotic illness. Miss Todd manages to put across many different ages, moods, and attitudes smoothly; she can shift from the coquettish to the depressed with no difficulty, and uses both facial and bodily movement to advantage. Mason is as gutturally crisp as ever, and avoids over-suppressing his emotions, which is a common fault in such cynical roles...
Whereas "The Seventh Veil" treats the introduction of conflict into an abnormal situation, Noel Coward's "Brief Encounter" is a story of the disruption of a middle-class housewife's prosaic routine when she meets an equally prosaic doctor while on her weekly shopping trip. Here the flashbacks are less adroitly handled than in "The Seventh Veil," and the performance of Trevor Howard, as the doctor, is too enthusiastic for the setting. Celia Johnson, however, gives an excellent performance as the wife. Though she is on the screen for almost the entire action, she manages to maintain an atmosphere...
...Angeles last week, dressed as if for mourning in black gown, black coat and dotted veil, Swedish Immigrant Greta Garbo, 45, finally got around to taking her final oath as a U.S. citizen. Before scurrying back to privacy, she obliged newsmen with one hurried pose and one restrained quote: "I am glad to become a citizen...