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...sense of humor is very important. It is an expression of our times. The Latin sense of humor is direct and brutal. They are surrealists in their cartoons. Their faces are so much deformed that sometimes they don't look like human beings. ... If the Latins want to portray a drunk they make a big shiny nose. Here in America the humor is much more delicate...
Supplemented with helpful maps and views of the terrain, "Desert Victory" tells its story impressively but simply. It can look at both sides of the struggle thanks to the shots stolen from German cameramen. It can portray an Allied victory thanks to the Eighth Army...
...standard routine--the continental pursuit ending deep amongst nature's element. It had to be that way. Payne is in his element when he gets into the woods. But this time nature complicates things by throwing in a bevy of assorted wolves as only Hollywood and Caesar Romero can portray the species. Between the cavortings of these over-anxious characters, the screen is crammed with dancer John on the run and partner Betty, oh-so undecided, right in front...
...trail of his lost sweetheart. The routine is well known by now--continental chase ending amidst nature's wonders. But this time nature complicates things by throwing in a bevy of assorted wolves as only Cesar Romero, Carmen Miranda, and something from the Los Angeles zoo can portray the species. Between the antics of these over-anxious characters, the screen is filled with dancer John in chase and partner Betty oh-so undecided about the whole thing...
...this show was not on caricature. A less famous side of Artist Bacon's work was revealed in her increasingly Daumier-like preoccupation with the seamier side of life. Like Honore Daumier, with whose work hers has often been compared, Peggy Bacon has descended the social ladder to portray Manhattan's grimmest alleys, its courtrooms, bars, garish streets at night, garbage cans crawling with kittens, drunks at home the morning-after. Result: her art is more inclusive and more subtle without becoming less satiric...