Word: plotting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...same time, Aneurin Bevan disclosed in London tonight that Nikita Khrushchev had outlined to him at Yalta on Sept. 16 an alleged four-stage plot by the United States for the Turkish occupation of Syria...
Firmly anchored in these details, the plot is sensitive, but again somewhat small. A fifty-three year old manufacturer, whose wife is dead, falls in love with an attractive receptionist, who is younger than his daughter. Plausible problems arise, and are plausibly resolved. A love story emerges that is, if not profound or passionate, commendably candid...
...mixed-up love life-recalls bits and pieces of several real-life editors' personal histories. The same goes for Gerald Primrose, who has inherited Primrose Press, but who is in no sense much of a man and knows very well that publishing is not his game. The plot concerns a young novelist who has concocted a piece of what Gerald calls "illiterate trash," which somehow brings tragedy to the three publishing types-Gerald goes over the deep end dressed in a girl's frock; Tony dies of what must be diagnosed as a continuing beating administered by life...
...personality into the affair in order to please the expense accounters and fill up the marquee--and, of course, to drag the smiling mess along. There are occasionally a few minutes' worth of tolerable or colorful or amusing songs and/or dance routines. There is nearly never much of a plot, nor is there much acting...
Lena Horne, excellent in and by herself, does not act well enough to carry interest into the plot. She sings as well as ever, particularly in "Push The Button," a satirical comment on Manhattan (there's a little island on the Hudson. . .), "Ain't It The Truth," and "I Don't Think I'll End It All Today." She can ride one word onto several notes as perfectly as she can move her body provocatively. Unfortunately, she has trouble weaving in and out of a Jamaica accent, often waiting to lean into Caribbean pronunciation and rhythm until just before...