Word: plot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When English movie-makers get together to produce a comedy, they first throw caution to some wind or other in constructing an outlandish plot. Then they work meticulously over every minor character and every line of dialogue to provide a delightful counterpoint to the extravagances of the story. The result is more often than not complete hilarity...
...Brandy for the Parson, something went wrong. I'm still not sure what it was, but a picture that started with plot possibilities that looked as bright as (and quite similar to) those of Tight Little Island should not have begun to limp pathetically along on one joke before the first hour was up. The fault did not lie with the actors; they were newcomers to the game of British Comedy but they performed well and provided a refreshing change from the standard menagerie of J. Arthur Rank eccentrics...
Coach Lloyd Jordan, one of the co-authors, will be on hand to discuss the action, analyze the characters, and explain the plot...
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...group of janitors petitioned Mulvihill for the meeting, asking the HUERA head to present a full audit of the union's finances. When the pro-Mulvihill faction among the janitors heard of the petition, they called it an AFL plot to destroy the HUERA...