Word: vigor
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ignorant; just dumb." The really juicy part, though, is Gaylord Mason's. He's Norman, the guiding genius of the mad household of actors who will--and do--resort to anything to get the attention of a theatrical producer. He plays the part up to the hilt, with enough vigor and enthusiasm to keep the whole thing going by himself...
More important, it was announced after three days of fighting that landings had been made, a pretty good indication that the Marines who accompanied the fleet had obtained good footholds. But the Navy also said that "the enemy has counterattacked with rapidity and vigor. Heavy fighting is still in progress." In short, it was a ding-dong battle, with U.S. planes, presumably carrier-based, fighting land-based Jap planes, and troops of both sides fighting hand to hand...
...whom could he turn? There was, inevitably, Elder Statesman Bernard M. ("Bernie") Baruch, production tsar of World War I. The President (said informal sources) was thinking about him. Baruch is 72 years old but carries his 6 ft. 3½ in. height with gusty vigor...
...typical U.S. success story (janitor's son to national hero), and Gary Cooper plays it with likable restraint. The film is somewhat overlong, repetitive, undramatic, but the facts stick reasonably close to Gehrig's life. The tone is entirely faithful. Gehrig had a stubborn vigor, a fine sense of sportsmanship, an honest belief in the copybook maxims. Cinemactor Cooper manages to suggest these qualities by being his shy, loping, American self. Cooper's right-handedness faced Hollywood with an appalling problem (Gehrig was a lefty). It was solved by having Cooper bowl, punch a bag, throw pebbles...
...greatest English-speaking nations were never closer together. Never was there a more earnest desire between allies to engage the enemy, and never was there a more hearty resolve to run all risks, to make all sacrifices, to wage this hard war with vigor and to carry it to -a successful conclusion...