Word: laboredness
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Old friends, though they were Tunner's assistants, did not have an easy time of it. With Combat Cargo Command, as with all his other operations, Tunner worked 14 to 16 hours a day, pushed his subordinates to the limit. Along with his staff, Tunner moved into a stucco...
Wholly unpretentious, the movie goes in & out of its four musical numbers without labored cues or excuses, relies on bouncy tunes and the simple showmanship of Durante and O'Connor instead of costly production routines. The plot is nonsense, and The Milkman's four scripters have tried to...
As straight drawing-room comedy, The Day After Tomorrow is anemic but agreeable. In its British way it manages to seem rather distinguished even when it is out at elbows. It has a nice languid urbanity, a pleasant suggestion of wit; and Melville Cooper is the suavest of performers playing...
In view of Gromaire's philosophy, the scant dozen watercolors in the exhibition might have been expected to look labored, but Gromaire's paintings do not turn out that way. His methods result in pictures that are sparkling and easy to take as a glass of champagne.
Legend of Sarah (by James Gow & Arnaud d'Usseau; produced by Kermit Bloomgarden) shows the serious-minded authors of Tomorrow the World and Deep Are the Roots having their first fling at comedy. The result is innocuous, but it is also tenuous and labored-the sort of play that...