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...result is one of the most well rounded casts that H. D. has presented. Most of the actors are unrecognizable under their astounding make-up, but padding, beards, and false noses cannot hide the real talent of the actors underneath. Dob- and Bob-chinsky are two of the funniest characters imaginable. Earl Montgomery and Bob Keahey have the two important male roles, both of which are done with excellent comedy timing, while the two feminine leads, Jacqueline Proctor of Erskine and Edith Bronson of Radcliffe, perform nicely in the two most ordinary parts in the play. Particularly pleasant...
...habits, hopes and hates of a long-neglected U.S. fauna, the intelligentsiac lefties. It is probably the most readably realistic novel yet written about them, because humorless Author Hicks takes these strange creatures almost as seriously as they take themselves. For the same reason, it is one of the funniest...
...Storm in which Christina's father, who is down for Thanksgiving, makes unpleasant remarks about the New Deal. Canby noticed that as Grandfather was leaving, Grandson Danny, age nine, "shrank a little from his kiss." "Danny takes things too hard," said Canby. But the most successful (and funniest) scenes in the book are Author Hicks's re-creation of the endless political patter of the radicals. Best is probably a weekend cocktail party at Comrade Wallace Burgin's, where Wife Christina thoughtlessly asks the unpardonable question: "Are you a member of the Communist Party, Selma...
...Came To Dinner" is the funniest movie to come out of Hollywood since Charlie Chaplin abandoned his cane for a social consciousness. It's also so different and original that it's quite apt to gain the rather dubious distinction of being the herald of a new cycle of film comedies...
...Yorker's stylists; this is a collection of ten of his pieces. To read them at one sitting is like using a scalp vibrator for two hours on end. Taken with rest periods between, they are funny, sharp, engaging slices of Manhattan life. The two funniest...