Word: witnesses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Great credit goes to Producer Zimbalist, Scenarist Tunberg and Director Wyler, but the greatest belongs to Wyler. His wit, intelligence and formal instinct are almost everywhere in evidence, and he has set a standard of excellence by which coming generations of screen spectacles can expect to be measured. His virtues have been agreeably rewarded. Friends report that his percentage-of-profits deal with M-G-M will put him on easy street for the rest of his life. But it is probable that MGM, which was in a shaky financial spot when the project was launched, will not have...
Duroselle will leave Cambridge and his Widener study on December 21 and return to his family and studies in Lenchesnay, a suburb of Versailles. His perceptive comments on the French scene as well as his lecture room charm and wit will be missed...
...emotion. Morris Carnovsky plays to perfection the role of a father who can't see why his son should want to go to a gentile school instead of following his tracks into the business. But his wife is determined, and Carnovsky's only strength seems to be his wit; this is sad since his wit is less honed than that of his wife, whose part is a bit overplayed by Sarah Cunningham. Carnovsky's magnificent outbursts take on meaning from his more frequent displays of quiet resignation before wife's and fate's hand: "Did I say no?" he asks...
...liner Queen Elizabeth, Uganda's formidable King George Rukidi III of Toro, 54, father of 27 children by quite a few wives, was heartily greeted by U.N. Undersecretary Ralph Bunche. Decked out in his black bowler, black jacket and white ekanzu, King George proved to be quite a wit and character. Supreme native ruler in Britain's East African protectorate, His Majesty agreed with newsmen that the morning was quite chilly, then jovially parted his robe to disclose a suit of long underwear. Dr. Bunche will plot George's U.S. itinerary, which will incorporate the King...
...laws, kindly bartenders, expense-account romances, television blurbs, know-it-all brats and the sort of progressive school that gives "two weeks off for Halloween." The dialogue is often gamy and the situations farce-fetched, but Director David Miller and his stars have made the most of some sharp wit-snapping...