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Laughton, of course, has hacked a large hole for himself in the theatre world, and the Inn's Squire Pengallen is a character comfortably fitted within its boundaries. A bulbous villain with the dining habits of Henry VIII and the heart of Captain Bligh, the Squire lives in opulence while anonymously leading a gang of shipwreckers. Laughton makes him a polished old rogue, who cheerfully entertains his victims with superb and comically obvious hypocrisy...
...auspicious beginning; in his 20 years as a professional guide, Franz grumbles, "for me, there has never been a rich Englishman waiting in a crevasse." Before the reader can say "Grüss Gott!" the three of them are belaying their way toward the summit, along with a tepid villain whom Rudi also rescues, for good measure. By the author of The White Tower and aimed at the schoolboy trade, this is a slick, readable fictionalized account of the 1865 conquest of the Matterhorn: half as high as Mt. Everest, and nearly half as interesting...
Enter the villain: the rich boy's big brother (Humphrey Bogart). who wants junior to merge with a sugar king's daughter so that he, Bogart, can make her father jump through the wedding hoop in a business deal. Audrey, however, is flanking his maneuver. After a hasty inspection of her flank, Bogart determines to turn it, and on that line the rest of the plot is fought...
...fought a ding-dong struggle, resolved only when Blunt's own daughter pitched into her father with Amazonian fury. Poor Emily emerged still a virtuous girl, but heartbroken. "With my reason and my conscience," she cried to his Rev, "I am obliged to own him a villain . . . [but] my heart cries...
Dirt and grime alone are not responsible for Los Angeles' notorious, eye-stinging smog. The real villain is Southern California's much-touted sunshine, reports the Stanford Research Institute after a seven-year study...