Word: villainized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Price plays magnificently, Fonda competently, and Bel Geddes sweetly. The villain, a conjurer who tries to hypnotize the young people, has some of the over-dramatic flair of John Barrymore, and is by far the most fascinating character in the movie, while Ann Dvorak, as a friend who rebels from him, does nicely in her role of a DP, or disenchanted person...
...speculating fraternity, vaguely tagged as "gamblers," has become the Administration's favorite whipping boy for high commodity prices (TIME, Oct. 27). But speculators could scarcely be blamed for the high price of tobacco, which almost doubled since prewar. In tobacco, as in most commodities, the villain was demand. Last week the villain was confounded...
...book is an improvement on its forerunners: Dreiser is no longer content to draw a caricature with his fist; he attempts to paint a portrait, and regards his villain with some compassion. Cowperwood is loyal to the wife he does not love, and sincerely devoted to his mistress. He never repents his deeds, or sees a need to, but he makes a futile attempt at good works by endowing, in his will, a charity hospital. This escape-hatch from hell is closed, however, when the ill-gained wealth is dissipated by executors, lawyers and heirs...
...Business is Villain...
...worst villain of the piece, according to Lynd, is big business, which has "exploited the symbols of democracy to get the U.S. in line with their private purposes." He also condemned the N.A.M. for furthering the principle of monopoly rights under the guise of "competition...