Word: successful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...musical comedy no one looks for plot, because, by tradition, it is nothing more than a rack on which to hang as many comic or spectacular scenes as possible. "Stormy Weather" has a few such scenes. In every case the success of the routine lies entirely with excellence of the performer. Thus any credit for the film must go entirely to Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, and Fats. Waller. Almost every other performer who appears on the screen is either uninteresting, poor, or repellent...
Strength in top positions has been the key to the sudden Crimson surge. Captain Foster, Hugh Nawn, and Jim Bacon have been able to handle their spots with case, despite the fact that they have been moved into these positions because of injuries. The success of Bacon is especially encouraging to Coach Barnaby, as he has made a successfull one-year jump to the varsity from the freshmen...
...sells for an even dollar. White Collar Zoo is a collection of 73 brightly captioned pictures illustrating a well-known truth: that the posturings and expressions of any group of human beings and those of an animal farm are obviously and sometimes hilariously interchangeable. White Collar's success can be traced to the shock of recognition...
...electric mower that further sleep was impossible. One week later at the very same hour, he was back with an electric leaf raker, with the same result. Seven days after that he was copping ice, not steadily and rhythmically so that one could get used to it, bur irregularly. Success in this third plot was so overwhelming that he came back the following week and REPEATED THE PERFORMANCE...
...whether the success of a psychodrama depended on the intuitive Powers of the director, Dr. Moreno said that even Albert Einstein had to rely something on hunches...