Word: scripted
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...battle had only begun. Joe McCarthy, one of the great mudslingers of his day, rose in the Senate: with a fiercely patriotic air that Henry Clay might have envied (though almost all the seats were empty), he let Pearson have it. The first 17 pages of his typed script were devoted to quotes from 44 people (including Presidents Roosevelt and Truman) who had called Pearson a liar...
Director John Farrow works in some photogenic backgrounds of the couple's flight through Southern California. But his script and star deprive the movie of credibility. Actress Domergue smolders and storms like an overheated Theda Bara, gets some ludicrous lines to read (and gives them the delivery they warrant), builds up fast to an overpowering impression that she has done her best work in publicity stills...
...Country is Renoir's bitter-sweet version (filmed in 1936) of a De Maupassant short story about a romantic brief encounter and its melancholy aftermath. The director puts plenty of feeling into his pastoral atmosphere, and his love scenes catch fire. However, the script is poorly constructed, much of the comedy seems forced, and the picture's mooning romanticism finally cloys...
Greek comedy is by character frankly coarse ad obscene. Radcliffe Idlers' have emasculated the script of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," but without complete revision of script or ineptness of cast, the play is bound to be entertaining. This production, even without a finished polish, is successful...
...current shots will be for background, since no script has yet been written. Director of Alumni Records Peter E. Pratt, whose office is in charge of the movie, said last night he expected a script writer in Cambridge early next week...