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...Witness (Eagle Lion Classics) sends a brassy U.S. defense lawyer to England on a tough murder case, and then watches him stumble through a baffling maze of provincial customs and courtroom procedure. The plot is predictable, but Producer Joan Harrison and Director-Star Robert Montgomery wring some wry chuckles from their bull-in-the-china-shop situation, and keep the story moving at a lively clip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Sep. 25, 1950 | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

...many couples Mrs. Baker's biggest task is preserving morale. Women exhausted from fighting to meet expenses or wring housing from the University's agency can turn to her for encouragement...

Author: By Daniel Ellsberg, | Title: CIRCLING THE SQUARE | 5/18/1950 | See Source »

...bemedaled old soldier with a game leg and a good press. As president and general manager of Eastern Air Lines, he was one of the shrewdest, toughest, most highly admired and ferociously damned of U.S. businessmen, and the only living human soul who had ever been able to wring consistent profits from that debt-ridden peacock of modern transport, the airline industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEROES: Durable Man | 4/17/1950 | See Source »

...Fallen Idol. Graham Greene and Carol Reed (see above) wring suspense from the story of a small boy (Bobby Henrey) in a world of adult intrigue; with Ralph Richardson and Michele Morgan (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Mar. 20, 1950 | 3/20/1950 | See Source »

...Fallen Idol. Graham Greene and Carol Reed (see above) wring suspense from the story of a small boy (Bobby Henrey) in a world of adult intrigue; with Ralph Richardson and Michele Morgan (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Mar. 13, 1950 | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

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