Word: whiplash
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Whiplash (Warner). The hero of this gory battle royal (Dane Clark) gets tagged on the jaw, slugged with a blackjack, kicked in the head and punched orie-eyed in a boxing bout. Since most of this mauling is done by thugs who work for the husband of his beautiful, frozen-faced girl (Alexis Smith), poor dear Dane suffers without a whimper. Toward the end, there is some talk of sending him off to a hospital to have his head examined-an idea which might have saved a lot of trouble earlier in the story...
While the producers of Whiplash seem chiefly interested in illustrating the varied arts of mayhem, they were not able to resist dragging in a little Moral Problem. Clark, the human punching bag, is getting the treatment because he wants to rescue Alexis from her sinister mate (Zachary Scott) and retire from bad fights to paint bad pictures. The catch is that the wicked husband is paralyzed from the waist down, and thinks up his villainies in a wheelchair. No hero can sock a man in a wheelchair; no heroine can divorce him. How to get rid of him? Whiplash solves...
Chep Morrison, who had felt Earl's whiplash before, battled Earl's program all over the state. And when the ballots were counted, the voters in back parishes and city alike had slapped Earl down. Every one of his key measures was defeated...
...question of sugar controls started another row among Senators already smarting under thousands of whiplash letters from U.S. housewives. Upshot: the Senate voted to end all sugar controls...
...save for some 20 septuagenarians and conservative Lady Astor, retiring from public life, most of its members were once more headed for the hustings. The retirement of U.S.-born Lady Astor was itself a historic occasion. For 25 years her whiplash tongue had flicked unsparingly at political opponents and political dullards. But most members were sorry to see her go. Cried Will Thorne, 87, another retiring M.P., as she filed out: "Goodbye, Lady Astor." She turned, blew him a kiss and waved her hand...