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...Your report should be of great aid in furthering the educational program of the council, to wit-America is the only "homeland" of an American citizen, that citizen's religious affiliations, his personal privilege...
Groucho's jackpot question: "In Shakespeare's Henry IV, Henry V and Merry Wives of Windsor, there appears a cowardly braggart whose good humor and wit have endeared him to millions the world over . . . I want you to identify this genial fellow." Contestants Muriel Stetson of Rivera, Calif, and Arthur LaVove of Los Angeles, teamed together, thought a moment, then answered "Pistol." Wrong, said Groucho. "The correct answer is Falstaff...
...TIME report the names in art and letters that have switched from Eisenhower to Stevenson, as if it were important? This group has never been noted for its political astuteness; and I suspect the switches are based on a fascination with Stevenson's intellectual verbal gymnastics and parlor wit. These are about the least necessary qualifications in a President today...
...Gambler tries to say something. But though Playwright Betti shows metaphysical courage, he has little dramatic force. What with rhetorical flights on wings that collapse, and philosophical depth bombs that refuse to explode, the play is at most an interesting dud. It has suggestions of Pirandello without his wit, of Kafka without his vivid symbolism, of Dostoevsky without his vision, and of 19th century German romanticism with all its sentimentality. Nothing comes to life, least of all the language...
Gone, too, unfortunately, are much of the liveliness and visual wit of such Chaplin achievements as City Lights (1931) and The Circus (1928). The picture often comes close to a halt with lethargic talk and lackluster philosophizing. Chaplin didn't intend Limelight to be a comedy; he calls it "a two-handkerchief movie." But most moviegoers should find one handkerchief ample. As drama, the picture is largely barren: the clown is not really in love with the girl nor she with him, although she tries to be, out of gratitude. Her heart's desire is a young composer...